Visualization Optimization : Application to the RoboCup Rescue Domain

TL;DR

This paper presents an optimization architecture for improving visualization in virtual environments, demonstrated within the RoboCup Rescue Simulation domain, aiming to enhance the depiction of ongoing simulations.

Contribution

It introduces a generic optimization architecture for visualization, applicable to virtual environment simulations, with potential extensions for interactive rendering and visualization fields.

Findings

Optimized view selection improves simulation understanding

Architecture adaptable to various visualization problems

Potential for enhancing interactive rendering techniques

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate the use of intelligent optimization methodologies on the visualization optimization of virtual / simulated environments. The problem of automatic selection of an optimized set of views, which better describes an on-going simulation over a virtual environment is addressed in the context of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation domain. A generic architecture for optimization is proposed and described. We outline the possible extensions of this architecture and argue on how several problems within the fields of Interactive Rendering and Visualization can benefit from it.