Journal Paper

@article{butcher2024IsNativeNaive, title={Is Native Naive? Comparing Native Game Engines and WebXR as Immersive Analytics Development Platforms}, author={Peter W. S. Butcher and Andrea Batch and David Saffo and Blair Macintyre and Niklas Elmqvist and Panagiotis D. Ritsos}, url={https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2024.3367422}, year={2024}, date={2024-01-01}, journal={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications}, publisher={IEEE Computer Society}, address={Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, volume={44}, number={3}, pages={91--98}, doi={10.1109/MCG.2024.3367422}, issn={0272-1716}, abstract={Native game engines have long been the 3-D development platform of choice for research in mixed and augmented reality. For this reason, they have also been adopted in many immersive visualization and immersive analytics systems and toolkits. However, with the rapid improvements of WebXR and related open technologies, this choice may not always be optimal for future visualization research. In this article, we investigate common assumptions about native game engines versus WebXR and find that while native engines still have an advantage in many areas, WebXR is rapidly catching up and is superior for many immersive analytics applications.}, language={English}, keywords={immersive analytics,augmented reality,WebXR,game engines,visualization}, }