TY - JOUR
T1 - Elicitation study investigating hand and foot gesture interaction for immersive maps in augmented reality
AU - Austin, Christopher R.
AU - Ens, Barrett
AU - Satriadi, Kadek Ananta
AU - Jenny, Bernhard
PY - 2020/1/7
Y1 - 2020/1/7
N2 - Immersive maps in augmented reality (AR) are virtual maps that plausibly blend with the physical environment, such that the user perceives them as a part of the real world. While immersive maps can offer unprecedented engaging experiences, the way to perform panning, zooming and other basic map interaction is not obvious. This limitation may hamper widespread adoption of immersive maps. We therefore conducted an elicitation study to identify commonly suggested hand and foot gestures for interacting with large immersive AR maps placed on the floor. Study participants were shown simulations of interaction operations, and asked to design gestures to trigger these operations. We selected interaction with hand gestures because they are natural and familiar from interacting with touchscreens. Foot gestures were included because the users’ feet touch immersive maps placed on the floor. Eighteen participants designed hand and foot gestures for panning, rotating, zooming, changing the height of the map, creating a point marker, and selecting a point marker. The most agreed-on hand gesture was for zooming, consisting of grabbing with both hands, then separating or bringing the hands together. Our study participants suggested numerous other inspirational hand and foot gestures, which can guide the further development of interactive immersive maps. Because user preference does not necessarily align with performance, it is important to evaluate the efficiency, accuracy, ease of learning, and physical fatigue for these gestures in follow-up studies.
AB - Immersive maps in augmented reality (AR) are virtual maps that plausibly blend with the physical environment, such that the user perceives them as a part of the real world. While immersive maps can offer unprecedented engaging experiences, the way to perform panning, zooming and other basic map interaction is not obvious. This limitation may hamper widespread adoption of immersive maps. We therefore conducted an elicitation study to identify commonly suggested hand and foot gestures for interacting with large immersive AR maps placed on the floor. Study participants were shown simulations of interaction operations, and asked to design gestures to trigger these operations. We selected interaction with hand gestures because they are natural and familiar from interacting with touchscreens. Foot gestures were included because the users’ feet touch immersive maps placed on the floor. Eighteen participants designed hand and foot gestures for panning, rotating, zooming, changing the height of the map, creating a point marker, and selecting a point marker. The most agreed-on hand gesture was for zooming, consisting of grabbing with both hands, then separating or bringing the hands together. Our study participants suggested numerous other inspirational hand and foot gestures, which can guide the further development of interactive immersive maps. Because user preference does not necessarily align with performance, it is important to evaluate the efficiency, accuracy, ease of learning, and physical fatigue for these gestures in follow-up studies.
KW - augmented reality
KW - elicitation study
KW - foot gesture
KW - Mid-air interaction
KW - user-defined gestures
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077907613&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15230406.2019.1696232
DO - 10.1080/15230406.2019.1696232
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077907613
VL - 47
SP - 214
EP - 228
JO - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
JF - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
SN - 1523-0406
IS - 3
ER -