There has been a long-standing question of whether sound or audio annotations may assist in data visualization tasks. This paper presents our study focusing on enhancing timeline/storyline like visualizations with audio annotations. Timeline visualizations are widely used to illustrate interactions among different entities over time. This type of visualizations facilitate reviewing important activ...Show More
Interactive visualizations can allow science museum visitors to explore new worlds by seeing and interacting with scientific data. However, designing interactive visualizations for informal learning environments, such as museums, presents several challenges. First, visualizations must engage visitors on a personal level. Second, visitors often lack the background to interpret visualizations of sci...Show More
Scientists frequently tell stories using visualizations of scientific data, in the process of disseminating findings to peers and the general public. However, techniques and methods for effective scientific storytelling have received little attention so far. This article explores how literary and theatrical narrative conventions can inform the design and presentation of visualizations, and discuss...Show More
