Title
Comparison of techniques for mixed-space collaborative navigation
Abstract
This paper describes the results of two studies conducted to determine the role of visual cues for a collaborative navigation task in a mixed-space environment. Both studies required a user with an exocentric view of a virtual room to navigate a fully immersed user with an egocentric view to an exit. The first study compares natural hand-based gestures, a mouse-based interface and an audio-only technique to determine their relative efficiency on task completion times. The follow-up study compares natural hand-based gestures against a mouse-based interface in a scenario in which participants are unable to communicate verbally. The results show that visual cue-based collaborative navigation techniques are significantly more efficient than an audio-only technique. The results also show that natural hand gestures are more expressive and lead to quicker completion times in situations where verbal communication is not possible.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
AUIC
mixed-space collaborative navigation,audio-only technique,task completion time,collaborative navigation task,mouse-based interface,natural hand gesture,follow-up study,natural hand-based gesture,exocentric view,quicker completion time,egocentric view
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
1
0.35
References 
Authors
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aaron Stafford1383.42
Bruce H. Thomas21723201.93
Wayne Piekarski382197.80