3D Visual Thinking

The use of visual images to amplify thought processing, has been used by human beings for thousands of years. Probably the most well known form of this is in Egyptian Hieroglyphs. We have been using graphical images for the past few hundred years by drawing on paper and more recently on a tablet or white-board. Mind mapping is a good example and much work has been done latterly into the psychology of visual thinking. The investment in AR and VR by large-scale hardware companies such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook is enormous and they will, no doubt, soon be vigorously selling these computer wearables all around the world. Hard as it may be to envisage, new AR hardware could conceivably replace desktops, laptops, tablets and smart-phones, but the transition from flat screen to these new 3D environments for mainstream computer users, will be an enormous leap. In this increasingly complex technical world, it becomes ever more difficult to focus on particular issues and to solve difficult problems with any clarity of thought and purpose. An ideal solution would be a 3D thought processing environment, running on current flat screen technology and using common hardware available to all.

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Phil Shepherd

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Publication date: July 2018

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2018.48

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 9 - 13 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] L. Acaroglu et al. 2017 7 Systems Thinking Benefits that Every Organization Needs http://www.disruptdesign.co/blog/7-systems-thinking-benefits-that-every-organization-needs (retrieved 26 February 2018

[2] K. Best 2006 Design Management: Managing Design Strategy, Process and Implementation AVA Publishing Lausanne, Switzerland

[3] L. Otis 2016 A New Look at Visual Thinking http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rethinking-thought/201602/new-look-visual-thinking (retrieved 26 March 2018

[4] P. Zhu 2018 Future of CIO http://futureofcio.blogspot.co.uk (retrieved 26 February 2018

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