Visualization

SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2 introduces new data visualization controls,  Databars, Sparklines and Indicators. In this screen cast we create a report to view sales data from AdventuresWorks database, we visualize the data using the new data visualization controls. The Code, SQL…

The SQL Server team has released an interactive Silverlight-based Cost Analysis Tool, which allows you to change different values to see your possible savings when setting up your IT department. An addition to handy visuals, its interesting to note that this is a light-weight companion…

Ah, just in time for the holidays! Sean Alexander has released an updated Yule Log Visualization for Windows Media Player. Originally released  as a part of the Windows Media Bonus Pack for Windows XP, this visualization is simply a fireplace complete with crackling logs and dancing flames…

If you enjoyed the Windows Media Player Yule Log visualization but don’t have a PC in your living room, you may want to check out this virtual fireplace instead. As Major Nelson reports, an Xbox LIVE Member SniperED007 used the XNA tools to create this visualization “that has all the sights and…

You wouldn’t think that a Microsoft search engine would offer a feature that supports one of the company’s competitors, but as it turns out, Bing is doing just that with its recently launched visual search interface and a query for top iPhone apps. Using www.bing.com/visualsearch, you can perform…

At the recent TED Conference, Gary Flake, a Technical Fellow and founder of Live Lab, demonstrated Pivot as can be seen in the video available here. This new technology, launched at last year’s PDC, lets you browse and manipulate images and data using Seadragon technology. It’s primarily meant to…

The BizSpark startup called Fireside Experience is one of the first to implement the now Web-friendly PivotViewer online by way of an app called Zoomappy. The app is a visual search engine for Apple, Android and Windows Mobile games (and wow, there are a lot of them!). As with any data hosted in…

Over on MIX Online, they’re looking into the power of information visualization as a communication tool. They call this “Project Descry.” As part of the project, they’ve released a series of open source, web-based visualizations each of which are available for download from Codeplex so designers…

I just learned of Flotzam from Major Nelson, when he referenced it in a recent blog post. (OK, to be honest, I actually learned about this last year, but I forgot). This cool WPF application, built by some folksat Microsoft’s Mix Online, lets you visualize data from social web sites including…

I just came across a very cool application which uses Microsoft’s Seadragon technology to create an interactive visualization of Last.fm users and the music they like. The app, over on Tamas Nepusz’s web site, displays all the different artists on the Last.fm web site as differently colored circles…