Semantically Aware Dynamic Layouts

Abstract

Arranging geometric primitives in a two-dimensional layout is a typical problem in graphics and visualization applications. Most existing approaches are either not flexible enough to allow users modify the layout according to their interest or unable to maintain the semantic relation between geometric instances during user manipulation. The few interactive semantic aware layout construction methods relies on computationally costly energy functional that demand intricate GPU implementations to enable real-time user interventions. In this work we propose a novel interactive semantic aware layout construction technique that relies on a simple mathematical and computational formulation that allow users to freely interact with the layout. Our approach is supported by interactive multidimensional projection methods, which enforces similar instances to be placed close to each other during layout updates. The presented results show the versatility, effectiveness, and simplicity of our approach when building semantic aware user tailored layouts.