Augmented Presentation Framework Design and System Implementation for Immersive Information Visualization and Delivery

몰입적 정보 표현과 전달을 위한 증강 프레젠테이션 디자인 및 시스템 구현

  • Received : 2016.12.07
  • Accepted : 2017.02.20
  • Published : 2017.02.28

Abstract

Interactive intervention of the human presenter is one of the important factors that make the visualization more effective. Rather than just showing the content, the presenter enhances the process of the information delivery by providing the context of visualization. In this paper, we define this as an augmented presentation. In augmented presentation concept, the presenter can facilitate presentation more actively by being fully immersed in the visualization space and reaching and interacting into digital information. In order to concrete the concept, we design presentation space that enables the presenter to be seamlessly immersed in the visualization. Also we increase the presenter's roles as a storyteller, controller and augmenter allowing the presenter to fully support communicative process between the audience and the visualization. Then, we present an augmented presentation system to verify the proposed concept. We rendered 3D visualization through a half-mirror film and a wall projection screen that are place in parallel and applied with stereoscopic images, then, spatially align the presenter inside the virtual visualization space. After that, we conduct a controlled experiment to investigate the subjective level of immersion and engagement of the audience to HoloStation compared to traditional presentation system. Our initial investigation suggests that the newly conceived augmented presentation has potential not only to enhance the information presentation but also to supports the delivery of visualization.

발표자의 적극적인 역할과 개입은 정보시각화를 효과적으로 표현하고 전달하는 핵심 요인임에도 불구하고, 정보 시각화 연구에서 적극적으로 다루어지지 못했다. 단순히 시각화 결과만 보여주는 것이 아니라, 발표자가 시각화와 관련된 부가적인 정보 및 맥락을 함께 제공함으로써 시각화 전달 과정을 증진시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 발표자가 3차원 시각화 공간에 직접 개입하여 자신을 둘러싼 공간에 표현된 정보와 직접적으로 상호작용 하면서, 정보 표현 및 전달 과정을 적극적으로 증진시킬 수 있는 방식을 제시하고 이를 증강 프레젠테이션 (augmented presentation)이라는 프레임워크로 정의한다. 증강 프레젠테이션의 특성을 구체화하기 위해서 발표자가 개입할 수 있는 시각화 공간을 디자인하고, 발표자로 하여금 관찰자와 정보 간의 의사소통 과정을 충분히 지원할 수 있도록 발표자의 역할을 화자(storyteller), 제어자(controller), 정보증강자(augmenter)로 정의했으며, 그들의 역할 가능성을 제안하였다. 또한, 증강 프레젠테이션 특성을 실제로 구현할 수 있는 프로토타입 시스템을 제작하였다. 하프미러 필름 (half-mirror film)과 일반 프로젝션 스크린을 일정 간격을 띄운 후 평행하게 위치시키고, 각 스크린에 입체 영상을 적용한 후, 발표자가 스크린 사이에 표현된 3차원 시각화 공간 내에 직접 개입하여 정보와 상호작용할 수 있는 형태이다. 이후, 초기 단계에서 몰입적 정보 표현과 정보 전달 플랫폼으로서 증강 프레젠테이션의 가능성을 확인하기 위해서 기존의 프레젠테이션 시스템과 증강 프레젠테이션 시스템을 비교하는 예비 실험 (pilot test)을 진행하였다. 그 결과, 본 연구에서 제시한 증강 프레젠테이션은 실제 3차원 공간에서 가상의 정보와 실제 발표자를 자연스럽게 통합시켜 표현함으로써 몰입적이고 관찰자의 주의를 사로잡는 프레젠테이션을 실현할 수 있는 가능성이 충분히 있음을 확인했다.

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