Paper Info
Title
Multi-point interactions with immersive omnidirectional visualizations in a dome
Abstract
This paper describes an interactive immersive experience using mid-air gestures to interact with a large curved display: a projected dome. Our Pinch-the-Sky Dome is an immersive installation where several users can interact simultaneously with omnidirectional data using freehand gestures. The system consists of a single centrally-located omnidirectional projector-camera unit where the projector is able to project an image spanning the entire 360 degrees and a camera is used to track gestures for navigation of the content. We combine speech commands with freehand pinch and clasping gestures and infra-red laser pointers to provide a highly immersive and interactive experience to several users inside the dome, with a very wide field of view for each user. The interactive applications include: 1) the astronomical data exploration, 2) social networking 3D graph visualizations, 3) immersive panoramic images, 4) 360 degree video conferencing, 5) a drawing canvas, and 6) a multi-user interactive game. Finally, we discuss the user reactions and feedback from two demo events where more than 1000 people had the chance to experience our work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1936652.1936657
ITS
Keywords
Field
DocType
multi-user interactive game,freehand pinch,interactive immersive experience,immersive installation,immersive omnidirectional visualization,immersive panoramic image,interactive application,freehand gesture,omnidirectional data,interactive experience,multi-point interaction,astronomical data exploration,gestures,video conferencing,field of view,immersive,graph visualization,social network,dome,design,infra red
Field of view,Pointer (computer programming),Graph,Omnidirectional antenna,Computer graphics (images),Computer science,Gesture,Projector,Human–computer interaction,Immersion (virtual reality),Videoconferencing,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
16
0.97
29
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hrvoje Benko12576130.33
Andrew D. Wilson25065362.19