Visualizing sailing regatta events in Sailing+
A. Lungu (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Elmar Eisemann – Mentor (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation)
Mark Winter – Mentor (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation)
B.C. Baas – Mentor (TU Delft - Computer Graphics and Visualisation)
Marcel J.T. Reinders – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics)
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Abstract
This paper proposes a novel approach to visualizing events in sailing regattas, in a way that is engaging, informative and interactive to the users of the Sailing+ application. The approach used was to create two different types of visualizations for each type of event: artistic, which contains animations and effects such as depth of field, and informative, which shows key information about the event. The events are visualized with the help of animated thumbnails, in which the two views are blended together. These thumbnails have been added to the race timeline, and a static shot is shown first after which the user can play the animation. To allow users to express their preference for the static image, an interactive slider allows the selection of any frame in the thumbnail animation.