Evaluation of Attention-Guiding Video Visualization

We investigate four different variants of attention‐guiding video visualization techniques that aim to help users distribute their attention equally among potential objects of interest: bounding box visualization, force‐directed visualization, top‐down visualization, grid visualization. Objects of i...

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Published in:Computer graphics forum Vol. 32; no. 3pt1; pp. 51 - 60
Main Authors: Kurzhals, K., Höferlin, M., Weiskopf, D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2013
Subjects:
Analysis
Colors (materials)
Computer graphics
Digital video
H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems-Evaluation/methodology
I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Picture/Image Generation-Display algorithms
I.3.m [Computer Graphics]: Miscellaneous-Video visualization
Performance evaluation
Searching
Stress concentration
Studies
Tasks
Tracking
Visualization
ISSN:0167-7055, 1467-8659
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Summary:We investigate four different variants of attention‐guiding video visualization techniques that aim to help users distribute their attention equally among potential objects of interest: bounding box visualization, force‐directed visualization, top‐down visualization, grid visualization. Objects of interest are highlighted by rectangular shapes and then we concentrate on the manipulation of color, motion, and size. We conducted a controlled laboratory user study (n=25) to compare the four visualization techniques and the unmodified video material as baseline. We evaluated task performance and distribution of attention in a search task. These two properties become especially important when video material with numerous objects has to be observed. The distribution of attention was measured by eye tracking. Our results show that a more even distribution of attention between the objects can be achieved by attention‐guiding visualization, compared to unmodified video. Many participants feel more comfortable when they look at bounding boxes and the grid, but improvements in search task performance could not be confirmed.
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ISSN:0167-7055
1467-8659
DOI:10.1111/cgf.12092