Graphics Playpen

Overview

This is a set of fun pages which demonstrate and explain technologies that we see as fundamental to information visualization. Java provides an easy prototyping environment, and the interactive examples help explain the concepts and algorithms.

Examples

• Distortion Viewing

  The fisheye lens is a way of distorting a picture to show a focused area of detail and a context to go along with it. This applet demonstrates a simple interactive fisheye view.

• Graph Embedding

  Graph embedding is the process of deriving a 2D structure for a connected graph. This can be useful for visualizing a network topology, or better understanding the relationships of a set of interconnected objects, such as might be found in a software system.