Approaches and challenges in the visual-interactive comparison of human motion data

Many analysis goals involving human motion capture (MoCap) data require the comparison of motion patterns. Pioneer works in visual analytics recently recognized visual comparison as substantial for visual-interactive analysis. This work reflects the design space for visual-interactive systems facilitating the visual comparison of human MoCap data, and presents a taxonomy comprising three primary factors, following the general visual analytics process: algorithmic models, visualizations for motion comparison, and back propagation of user feedback. Based on a literature review, relevant visual comparison approaches are discussed. We outline remaining challenges and inspiring works on MoCap data, information visualization, and visual analytics.