Product Description

A complete guide to envisioning information on your computer. Find out how you can use off-the-shelf graphics software to create sophisticated visualizations!

Whether you want to provide your clients with virtual architectural walkthroughs, envision nucleotides bonding to a strand of RNA, or chart daily fluctuations in foreign currency values, this book/CD set shows you how you can create visualizations of a quality and level of complexity you never dreamed possible. You'll do it all using nothing more than your PC or workstation and off-the-shelf graphics software. No matter what field you're in, science, business, finance, or the arts, this book gives you all the information you'll need.

An international team of computer visualization experts allows you to explore the incredible scope of this powerful computer graphics medium. And, with the help of over one hundred gorgeous full-color illustrations, they demonstrate some of the ways in which commercially available presentation and graphics tools can be used to envision, probe, interpret, and present information. Writing in a light, accessible style, they train you in a host of basic visualization techniques and strategies that enable you to:
* Create virtual environments in which to explore scientific or technical data
* Envision abstract concepts and ideas in 2 and 3 dimensions
* Combine images, data, video, and animation to produce stunningly persuasive multimedia presentations

The enclosed CD includes striking examples ranging from basic charting and graphing to more advanced video, animation, and volume visualization techniques, taken from the worlds of business, finance, banking, law, architecture, engineering, science, mathematics, geographical mapping, medicine, the arts, and more.

". . . a superb new book covering the entire field of visual presentations . . .Techniques covered range from relatively simple 2D to the latest in virtual reality . . .The book is an excellent source for anyone interested in knowing about visualization and making effective use of the technology." -Carl Machover, President, Machover Associates Corporation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2728283 in Books
• Published on: 1995-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Publisher
Written in a lively style that will appeal to experienced and novice users and developers of computer applications. Emphasis is on basic techniques and strategies for making the most of off-the-shelf hardware and software technology to produce effective visualizations and illustrations. Explains how significant information can be obtained from data, pictures, images and animation. Describes a wide variety of applications ranging from finance, law, science and engineering to medicine, art, and sculpture. Includes scores of full-color illustrations with complete explanations to demonstrate the power of PC-based graphics.

From the Back Cover
A complete guide to envisioning information on your computer. Find out how you can use off-the-shelf graphics software to create sophisticated visualizations!

Whether you want to provide your clients with virtual architectural walkthroughs, envision nucleotides bonding to a strand of RNA, or chart daily fluctuations in foreign currency values, this book/CD set shows you how you can create visualizations of a quality and level of complexity you never dreamed possible. You'll do it all using nothing more than your PC or workstation and off-the-shelf graphics software. No matter what field you're in, science, business, finance, or the arts, this book gives you all the information you'll need.

An international team of computer visualization experts allows you to explore the incredible scope of this powerful computer graphics medium. And, with the help of over one hundred gorgeous full-color illustrations, they demonstrate some of the ways in which commercially available presentation and graphics tools can be used to envision, probe, interpret, and present information. Writing in a light, accessible style, they train you in a host of basic visualization techniques and strategies that enable you to:

• Create virtual environments in which to explore scientific or technical data
• Envision abstract concepts and ideas in 2 and 3 dimensions
• Combine images, data, video, and animation to produce stunningly persuasive multimedia presentations

The enclosed CD includes striking examples ranging from basic charting and graphing to more advanced video, animation, and volume visualization techniques, taken from the worlds of business, finance, banking, law, architecture, engineering, science, mathematics, geographical mapping, medicine, the arts, and more.

". . . a superb new book covering the entire field of visual presentations . . .Techniques covered range from relatively simple 2D to the latest in virtual reality . . .The book is an excellent source for anyone interested in knowing about visualization and making effective use of the technology." —Carl Machover, President, Machover Associates Corporation

About the Author
Judith R. Brown is Manager of Advanced Research Computing Services at the University of Iowa.

Rae Earnshaw is head of computer graphics at the University of Leeds, U.K.

Mikael Jern is Vice President of Technology at AVS/UNIRAS, Dirkerod, Denmark.

John Vince is Chief Scientist at Hughes Ltd. and a visiting professor at the University of Brighton, U.K. "