InfoVids: Reimagining the Viewer Experience with Alternative Visualization-Presenter Relationships

Ji Won Chung, Tongyu Zhou, Ivy Chen, Kevin Hsu, Ryan A. Rossi, Alexa Siu, Shunan Guo, Franck Dernoncourt, James Tompkin, Jeff Huang

InfoVids: Reimagining the Viewer Experience with Alternative Visualization-Presenter Relationships: 6 upvotes on Hugging Face Daily Papers, #15 of 19 papers on 2025-05-07. Day-by-day upvote history.

Traditional data presentations typically separate the presenter and visualization into two separate spaces--the 3D world and a 2D screen--enforcing visualization-centric stories. To create a more human-centric viewing experience, we establish a more equitable relationship between the visualization and the presenter through our InfoVids. These infographics-inspired informational videos are crafted to redefine relationships between the presenter and visualizations. As we design InfoVids, we explore how the use of layout, form, and interactions affects the viewer experience. We compare InfoVids against their baseline 2D `slides' equivalents across 9 metrics with 30 participants and provide practical, long-term insights from an autobiographical perspective. Our mixed methods analyses reveal that this paradigm reduced viewer attention splitting, shifted the focus from the visualization to the presenter, and led to more interactive, natural, and engaging full-body data performances for viewers. Ultimately, InfoVids helped viewers re-imagine traditional dynamics between the presenter and visualizations.

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