A Contested Role for Perspective in Three-Dimensional Information Visualisation
Speaker: Theodor G Wyeld, ITEE
When: 2004-11-11 14:00:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Theodor G Wyeld
Abstract:The use of 3D visualisation of digital information is a recent
phenomenon. It relies on users understanding 3D perspectival
spaces. Questions about the universal access of such spaces has been
debated since its inception in the European Renaissance. Perspective
has since become a strong cultural influence in Western visual
communication. Perspective imaging assists the process of
experimenting by the sketching or modelling of ideas. In particular,
the recent 3D modelling of an essentially non-dimensional
Cyber-space raises questions of how we think about information in
general. The seminar seeks to generate further discussion on the
historical background of perspective and its role in underpinning
this emergent field.
Biography:(biography unavailable)
Type: DKE seminar
Contact:Theodor G Wyeld, seminar host (twyeld@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)