Visualising Lifelogging Data in Spatio-Temporal Virtual Reality Environments

Abstract

The goal of this research was to extend an existing spatial visualisation of lifelogging data in virtual reality with the visualisation of temporal information. For this, we created two novel spatio-temporal visualisations of lifelogging data in virtual reality. A qualitative (n = 12) study was performed to find the effect of the temporal aspects of the visualisations on the enjoyment, usability, effectiveness, and nauseousness of the user. The continuous visualisation we created outperformed the other ones on all evaluation points and was therefore considered to be the most promising of the three. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the temporal aspects of the visualisations helped de-cluster images that were spatially too close to each other on the map, making the data more approachable for users.