Multi-touch Interaction with Information Visualization Techniques: An Analysis Using Twitter Data

摘要

Information Visualization techniques have been aiding in the analysis of large quantities of data that traffics the internet today. Moreover, there is a growing popularization of multi-touch devices that opens up a range of new possibilities of interaction. In this context, and considering the amount of data provided by social networks, the main research question of the work here presented is: Does the multi-touch interaction with information visualization techniques can improve the data analysis? In order to understand this and related questions, a research was conducted in the areas of information visualization and multi-touch technology. User interaction was analyzed with a prototype tool built for this purpose and Twitter was chosen as application domain.