Adaptive Data Visualization and Optimally Relevant Interface System

To address the DARPA Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) need for solutions that enable on-the-fly geospatial visualization on devices and systems with disparate display resolutions and connection bandwidths, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Adaptive Data Visualization and Optimally Relevant Interface (ADVISOR) system based on a new method of visualization that adapts to user-level preferences and circumstances and is automatically optimized for the device displaying the content. The unique integration of adaptive visualization software based on open standards and human factors considerations along with existing devices offers the user adaptive visualization on a variety of devices having resolution differences of >10x and bandwidth constraints of >10x, ADVISOR directly addresses the DARPA ITPO requirements for adaptive visualization on a variety of devices and can support streaming video (e.g., H.264), geospatially tagged documents, event/object icons such as battle command graphics (e.g., FBCB2), and compressed imagery, all with associated metadata. In Phase I, POC will demonstrate the feasibility of the ADVISOR system by developing a proof-of-concept system that provides adaptive visualization of data registered to a 2D/3D geospatial database. In Phase II, POC plans to assemble, test, and demonstrate a fully automated system with interoperability on a variety of devices.