The application of depth separation to the display of large data sets.
07 October 1987
The importance of stereo and animation in displaying large data sets, in which the spatiotemporal variation of one or more variables is given quantitatively, is examined. Several techniques are described for depicting univariable meteorological episodes with a high degree of realism. In addition, a new method is presented which employs depth separation for the simultaneous display of multiple variables, each of which depends on two spatial variables and, possibly, time. Examples are given from the application of this method to practical problems in the areas of VLSI modelling and computer-aided tomography.