Identifying Challenges in Designing, Developing and Evaluating Data Visualizations for Large Displays

TL;DR

This paper explores the unique challenges faced by designers and developers when creating data visualizations for large displays, highlighting the need for tailored approaches in this emerging area.

Contribution

It provides a systematic categorization of challenges in designing visualizations for large displays based on expert interviews.

Findings

Identified key challenges in visualization design for large displays

Categorized challenges into distinct groups for better understanding

Highlights areas needing further research and tool development

Abstract

With the growth of data sizes, visualizing them becomes more complex. Desktop displays are insufficient for presenting and collaborating on complex data visualizations. Large displays could provide the necessary space to demo or present complex data visualizations. However, designing and developing visualizations for such displays pose distinct challenges. Identifying these challenges is essential for researchers, designers, and developers in the field of data visualization. In this study, we aim to gain insights into the challenges encountered by designers and developers when creating data visualizations for large displays. We conducted a series of semi-structured interviews with experts who had experience in large displays and, through affinity diagramming, categorized the challenges.