IRIS Explorer is NAG's powerful tool for developing customised visualization applications. Its visual programming environment enables you to develop, prototype and build applications quickly and easily. IRIS Explorer's broad range of visualization techniques, which include everything from simple graphs to multidimensional animations, enables you to readily discern trends and relationships in your data.
The following section links to pages contained in the local IRIS Explorer installation.
The full documentation set for IRIS Explorer 5.0 is available here. It contains an introductory tutorial, along with a four-volume manual set for the system which details how to use it, how to build modules, how to use it for collaboration and describes the modules and IRIS Explorer programmer's interface. Finally, the answers to a list of Frequently Asked Questions (with pointers to interactive demos) are available here.
The IRIS Explorer 5.0 Release Notes describe the new features in IRIS Explorer 5.0, along with other changes and additions since the previous release.
The IRIS Explorer 5.0 Installer's Note discuss prerequisites for installation, along with the latest workarounds for some network display and hardware issues.
The following links are External. They require your computer to be connected to the Internet.
The IRIS Explorer Center homepage is a useful repository of information on IRIS Explorer, including Case Studies, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Training Courses.
The Render newsletter is produced for and by IRIS Explorer users everywhere, giving details of IRIS Explorer news, user stories and helpful tips. In particular, the latest issue describes some of the new features in IRIS Explorer 5.0.
The IRIS Explorer Center of Excellence at the School of Computer Studies at the University of Leeds is a site for research and development related to IRIS Explorer. In addition, the Center houses a repository of user-contributed modules and training materials.
Finally, more information about other NAG products and services can be found here.