Visualization

Visualization is any technique for creating images, diagrams or animations to communicate a message.

Applicatioins of visualization:

Scientific visualization: is the transformation, selection or representation of data from simulations or experiments, with an implicit or explicit geometric structure, to allow the exploration, analysis and understanding of the data. It's a very important part of visualization and maybe the first one, as the visualization of experiments and phenomena is as old as science itself.

Educational visualization: is using a simulation normally created on a computer to create an image of something so it can be taught about

Information visualization: concentrates on the use of computer-supported tools to explore large amount of abstract data.

Knowledge visualization: The use of visual representations to transfer knowledge between at least two persons aims to improve the transfer of knowledge by using computer and non-computer based visualization methods complementarily

Product Visualization:Product Visualization involves visualization software technology for the viewing and manipulation of 3D models, technical drawing and other related documentation of manufactured components and large assemblies of products

Visual Communication: is the communication of ideas through the visual display of information. Primarily associated with two dimensional images.

Visual analyticst: focuses on human interaction with visualization systems as part of a larger process of data analysis. Visual analytics has been defined as "the science of analytical reasoning supported by the interactive visual interface"


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