Info Vis in Games Ameya Datey Ameya Datey Sanjiv Parikh Sanjiv Parikh Ajay Jampani Ajay Jampani

Older games PacMan – PacMan – Basic interface Basic interface Very little information to be visualized Very little information to be visualized Color, Animation Color, Animation Text based MUDs – Text based MUDs – Menu driven Menu driven Text based visualization Text based visualization

Virtual Reality Games 1 st person point of view 1 st person point of view Realism Realism Degrees of freedom Degrees of freedom Real v/s artificial scenario Real v/s artificial scenario Background scenery Background scenery 2-D maps 2-D maps

Virtual Reality Games 4Dof Doom, Quake, Hexen Doom, Quake, Hexen 1 st person or pseudo 1 st person point of view 1 st person or pseudo 1 st person point of view Avatars of enemy Avatars of enemy Personal statistics Personal statistics Easy to interact with environment Easy to interact with environment Limited freedom but often more realistic, since we can’t fly in real world as well Limited freedom but often more realistic, since we can’t fly in real world as well

VR Games – 6 DOF Descent Descent Absolute freedom for navigation Absolute freedom for navigation Tough for beginners Tough for beginners Tough to control Tough to control

Flight Sims & Car races Realistic controls and interaction Realistic controls and interaction Realistic data to be visualized Realistic data to be visualized 3 D environment 3 D environment Performance depends on the data visualized, but isnt crucial Performance depends on the data visualized, but isnt crucial

Strategy Games Civilization building or battlefield simulation Civilization building or battlefield simulation Visualization of information is CRUCIAL! Visualization of information is CRUCIAL!

Battlefield Sims Gods eye view Gods eye view Overview + details !! Overview + details !! Manipulating multiple characters Manipulating multiple characters Fog of war Fog of war Activity shown by animation Activity shown by animation Need high level of interaction with the DATA ! Need high level of interaction with the DATA !

Thanks Basic goal in any game – Have fun !!!