Huron, SamuelWillett, Wesley2021-10-012021-10-012021-10-01Huron, S. and Willet, W. (2021, October 24-29). Visualizations as Data Input? [Conference presentation]. 2021 IEEE Conference on Visualization and Visual Analytics, Virtual Conference. http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/welcomehttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114011https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39323This manuscript was presented at alt.VIS, a workshop co-located with IEEE VIS 2021 (held virtually).We examine “input visualizations”, visual representations that are designed to collect (and represent) new data rather than encode pre-existing datasets. Information visualization is commonly used to reveal insights and stories within existing data. As a result, most contemporary visualization approaches assume existing datasets or data structures as the starting point for design, through which that data will be mapped to visual encodings to produce final visualizations. Meanwhile, the implications of visualizations as inputs and as data sources have received extremely little attention—despite the existence of visual and physical examples stretching back centuries—and the benefits, trades-offs, design patterns, and even the language necessary to describe them remain unexplored. In this paper we argue for the deeper examination of input visualizations, highlighting a set of recent examples and introducing vocabulary for characterizing them. Finally, we present a series of provocations which examine some of the challenges posed by input visualizations and suggest opportunities for better understanding this type of visual representations and their potential.engUnless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Input VisualizationVisualizationPhysicalizationconference paper