Paper Info
Title
The benefits of DOF separation in mid-air 3D object manipulation.
Abstract
Object manipulation is a key feature in almost every virtual environment. However, it is difficult to accurately place an object in immersive virtual environments using mid-air gestures that mimic interactions in the physical world, although being a direct and natural approach. Previous research studied mouse and touch based interfaces concluding that separation of degrees-of-freedom (DOF) led to improved results. In this paper, we present the first user evaluation to assess the impact of explicit 6 DOF separation in mid-air manipulation tasks. We implemented a technique based on familiar virtual widgets that allow single DOF control, and compared it against a direct approach and PRISM, which dynamically adjusts the ratio between hand and object motions. Our results suggest that full DOF separation benefits precision in spatial manipulations, at the cost of additional time for complex tasks. From our results we draw guidelines for 3D object manipulation in mid-air.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2993369.2993396
VRST
Keywords
Field
DocType
3D user interfaces, immersive virtual environments, spatial interactions, mid-air object manipulation, DOF separation
Computer vision,Virtual machine,Gesture,Simulation,Computer science,Natural approach,Artificial intelligence,Immersion (virtual reality)
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.49
22
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel Mendes17312.97
Filipe Relvas290.83
Alfredo Ferreira317218.40
Joaquim A. Jorge4100881.51