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Reflections on Visualization in Motion for Fitness Trackers

Alaul Islam, Lijie Yao, Anastasia Bezerianos, Tanja Blascheck, Tingying He, Bongshin Lee, Romain Vuillemot, Petra Isenberg

TL;DR

How visualization in motion is relevant to sports scenarios is described and new data on current smartwatch visualizations for sports is provided.

Abstract

In this paper, we reflect on our past work towards understanding how to design visualizations for fitness trackers that are used in motion. We have coined the term "visualization in motion" for visualizations that are used in the presence of relative motion between a viewer and the visualization. Here, we describe how visualization in motion is relevant to sports scenarios. We also provide new data on current smartwatch visualizations for sports and discuss future challenges for visualizations in motion for fitness tracker.

Reflections on Visualization in Motion for Fitness Trackers

TL;DR

How visualization in motion is relevant to sports scenarios is described and new data on current smartwatch visualizations for sports is provided.

Abstract

In this paper, we reflect on our past work towards understanding how to design visualizations for fitness trackers that are used in motion. We have coined the term "visualization in motion" for visualizations that are used in the presence of relative motion between a viewer and the visualization. Here, we describe how visualization in motion is relevant to sports scenarios. We also provide new data on current smartwatch visualizations for sports and discuss future challenges for visualizations in motion for fitness tracker.
Paper Structure (15 sections, 3 figures)

This paper contains 15 sections, 3 figures.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. What is Visualization in Motion?
  4. Fitness Tracker Visualizations
  5. Visualization in Motion for Wearable and Mobile Devices
  6. Guidelines for Visualization Design
  7. Current Visualizations for Smartwatch Faces
  8. Data Collection
  9. What Data is Shown on Sport Watch Faces?
  10. How are the Sport Watch Faces Designed?
  11. Research Agenda for Visualizations in Motion on Fitness Trackers
  12. Understanding the Influence of Motion
  13. Understanding How Context Matters
  14. Display Types
  15. Conclusions

Figures (3)

  • Figure 1: Visualization scenarios that involve different types of relative movement between viewers and visualization. Image permissions are listed in the acknowledgments.
  • Figure 2: Example of sports smartwatch faces. Watch face design by: a) JN--Rolling (JN--WatchFaces), b) New Design (Enid Rodriguez), and c) Voyager GPS-01RB Sport 24H (Luke Time) from Facer App Facer:2014.
  • Figure 3: The average number of representation types on each sports watch face.