Towards mobile immersive analysis: A study of applications

The latest new technologies of virtual and mixed realities are ready to be commercialized. Their innovative communication channels have created new opportunities and challenges for visualization and visual analytics. At this stage, it is important to understand the state-of-the-art of relevant technologies as well as the impacts to the research fields. This position paper presents the key features of mobile, immersive environments that are different from traditional visualization and visual analytics systems. Through a study of applications in the mixed reality, we present a rich example set of capabilities and applications that address discovery and visual communication in real-world uses. We hope that this work will provide references and promote the research on the topic of immersive visualization and visual analytics.