The Week in Vis 10 (Mon, Nov 2-Fri, Nov 6): Perception
Now that we’ve returned from the conference, we can move to one of my favorite topics: perception. How we see, and how it influences visualization.
Visual perception is an entire field unto itself. We will just get a few basics of how people see, with a focus on the ramifications for visualization.
In addition to some standard readings, I am asking you to watch a video of a Steve Franconeri talk. Steve is a perceptual scientist who has become interested in visualization. He’ll be a special guest in class on Friday. Watch the talk first - then in class, we’ll apply the ideas to critique visualizations.
- Don’t forget to vote (if you are a US citizen) on Tuesday.
- Online Discussion 10: Perception (due Tue, Nov 3)
- Seek and Find 10: Perception (due Fri, Nov 6)
- Lecture on Weds, Nov 4 will be a fairly standard lecture - I’ll try to cover the basics of perception
- Lecture on Friday, Nov 6 will be the special guest
- Survey 10: Perception (due Fri, Nov 6) - these are helping me help you, as well as (hopefully) helping you reflect on the material.
There is no design challenge now… expect it soon. First I want to provide feedback on Design Challenge 1.