A comparative study of four input devices for desktop virtual walkthroughs

Authors:
J. -F. Lapointe;P. Savard;N. G. Vinson
Affiliations:
Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Building, M-50, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6;Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Building, M-50, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6;Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Building, M-50, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experiment measuring the effect of four different input devices on overall task performance for desktop virtual walkthroughs. The input devices tested are: a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick and a gamepad. The results indicate that the participants completed the tasks in significantly less time and distance travelled with the mouse than with the three other input devices. The use of the mouse also significantly reduced the number of collisions, while the use of the gamepad resulted in significantly more collisions.