Abstract
We evaluate the performance and usability of mouse-based, touch-based, and tangible interaction for manipulating objects in a 3D virtual environment. This comparison is a step toward a better understanding of the limitations and benefits of these existing interaction techniques, with the ultimate goal of facilitating an easy transition between the different 3D data exploration environments. For this purpose we analyze participants' performance in 3D manipulation using a docking task. We measured completion times, docking accuracy, as well as subjective criteria such as fatigue, workload, and preference. Our results show that the three input modalities provide similar levels of precision but require different completion times. We also discuss our qualitative observations as well as people's preferences and put our findings into context of the application domain of 3D data analysis environments. Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI'17 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Editors | Cliff Lampe, m.c. schraefel |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 4727-4740 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450346559 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2017 - Colorado Convention Center, Denver, United States of America Duration: 6 May 2017 → 11 May 2017 Conference number: 35th https://chi2017.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3025453 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2017 |
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Abbreviated title | CHI 2017 |
Country/Territory | United States of America |
City | Denver |
Period | 6/05/17 → 11/05/17 |
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Keywords
- 3D interaction
- Mouse
- Tactile interaction
- Tangible interaction
- TUI
- Usability study