Evaluating the PileBar technique

Brivio P., Tarini M., Ponchio F., Cignoni P., Scopigno R.

3D Graphics 

Image browsing is an ubiquitous task, which becomes an issue as the number of images raises over a few tens. Amongst the wide spectrum of innovative image arrangements proposed in literature, conventional browsers still adopt regular layouts, which are more simple to interact with, but less suited for hundreds or thousands of images. We compare this kind of arrangement with that of PileBars, which is designed to be as intuitive, but more scalable. In our experiments, we evaluate if the PileBar image arrangements into ordered dynamic clusters effectively improve user navigation.

Source: ISTI Technical reports, 2011