Modified Virtual Reality for Intuitive Semantic Information Visualization

In order to make use of domain knowledge and thus to create less abstract visualizations of the available information, we propose to integrate information visualization techniques in 3D visualizations of the application subject. We describe a framework that is build on an ontology, an hierarchical visualization toolkit, and a modular concept of modeling 3D layouts. This allows us to integrate semantically related information directly in the scene. We achieve this integration by modifying the real world geometry in several ways. Our concept helps non-expert users to intuitively interact with the system and to understand what is going on.