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Tuoris: A middleware for visualizing dynamic graphics in scalable resolution display environments
- Source :
- Future Generation Computer Systems. 106:559-571
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- In the era of big data, large-scale information visualization has become an important challenge. Scalable resolution display environments (SRDEs) have emerged as a technological solution for building high-resolution display systems by tiling lower resolution screens. These systems bring serious advantages, including lower construction cost and better maintainability compared to other alternatives. However, they require specialized software but also purpose-built content to suit the inherently complex underlying systems. This creates several challenges when designing visualizations for big data, such that can be reused across several SRDEs of varying dimensions. This is not yet a common practice but is becoming increasingly popular among those who engage in collaborative visual analytics in data observatories. In this paper, we define three key requirements for systems suitable for such environments, point out limitations of existing frameworks, and introduce Tuoris , a novel open-source middleware for visualizing dynamic graphics in SRDEs. Tuoris manages the complexity of distributing and synchronizing the information among different components of the system, eliminating the need for purpose-built content. This makes it possible for users to seamlessly port existing graphical content developed using standard web technologies, and simplifies the process of developing advanced, dynamic and interactive web applications for large-scale information visualization. Tuoris is designed to work with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), reducing bandwidth consumption and achieving high frame rates in visualizations with dynamic animations. It scales independent of the display wall resolution and contrasts with other frameworks that transmit visual information as blocks of images.
- Subjects :
- Technology
Visual analytics
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer science
Big data
Distributed visualization
Scalable Vector Graphics
0805 Distributed Computing
02 engineering and technology
computer.software_genre
Information visualization
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Human–computer interaction
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Large-scale visualization
Web application
Graphics
Science & Technology
business.industry
0803 Computer Software
020206 networking & telecommunications
computer.file_format
FRAMEWORK
Hardware and Architecture
0806 Information Systems
Middleware (distributed applications)
Middleware
Computer Science
Scalability
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
Distributed Computing
business
computer
Software
SVG
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0167739X
- Volume :
- 106
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Future Generation Computer Systems
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....368bf1c1a8c1c9ca5c22aabfc75dcebb