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Hartree Beginner's Guide to Data Visualisation
Certificate available: complete this course to be awarded a certificate
This course aims to introduce participants to the basics of data visualisation utilising desktop PC’s and HPC systems, from 2D techniques such as graphing and charting to fully immersive mixed reality (MR) systems where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time.
You will gain an understanding of the concepts and techniques of various visual computing disciplines and familiarity with the visual computing tools used such as Blender 3D, Paraview and Unreal Engine.
In this Introductory level course you will:
- learn definitions and explanations ofvisual computing terms, tools and disciplinessuch as computer graphics, visualisation, geometric modelling, rendering, ray tracing, Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR), Mixed reality (MR), image processing, Human computer interaction (HCI) etc
- discover why we use Data Visualisation.
- understand the difference between 2D and 3D visualisation
- view examples of types of 3D visualisation withactual case studies
- be introduced to software and hardware tools for visualisation
- understand visualisation workflows and explore some examples
- discover digital twinning and computer vision
Course Length:
- 1 hour
CPD Accredited
Resource details
| Contributed by: | NHS Data and Analytics Academy |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| Last updated: | 09 September 2025 |
| First contributed: | 09 September 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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