Profiling the behaviour of 3D selection tasks on movement time when using natural haptic pointing gestures

  • Authors:
  • Vijay M. Pawar;Anthony Steed

  • Affiliations:
  • University College London;University College London

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 16th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper we profiled the performance of two types of 3D selections tasks: selection of one target and the selection of two targets. We designed an Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) to evaluate any differences that may exist, and understand the underlying human behaviour by recording the hand movements' participants made when asked to select a series of 3D objects. To do this, we implemented a natural virtual hand-like interaction technique that participants could control using a large-scale force-feedback device placed into a CAVE™-like IVE system. We also investigated the interaction of no, soft and hard haptic force-feedback responses in addition to three target sizes on user performance. From the results obtained, we show distinct differences in the movement time taken when participants used their right hand to select one target in comparison to the selection of two targets.