Chapter 10 Future Trends in Scientific Visualization

Richard S. Gallagher

THIS CHAPTER LOOKS at some of the issues affecting how scientific visualization will evolve in the future. These include trends in computing hardware and software architecture, visualization techniques, interactivity and virtual reality, and a growing synthesis between interactive analysis and visualization. Above all, visualization plays a role in changing the design and analysis process itself, towards a more interactive and intuitive environment.

10.1 Introduction

Visualization remains a very young field, whose origins as a unified discipline date to the late 1980s. Many challenging problems await solution, and much basic research remains to be done. Since visualization ...

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