A comparison of three techniques to interact in large virtual environments using haptic devices with limited workspace

Authors:
Lionel Dominjon;Anatole Lécuyer;Jean-Marie Burkhardt;Simon Richir
Affiliations:
P & I Laboratory, ENSAM Angers, France;SIAMES Project, INRIA/IRISA, France;EIFFEL Project, University of Paris 5/INRIA, France;P & I Laboratory, ENSAM Angers, France
Venue:
CGI'06 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Advances in Computer Graphics
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper describes an experiment that was conducted to evaluate three interaction techniques aiming at interacting with large virtual environments using haptic devices with limited workspace: the Scaling technique, the Clutching technique, and the Bubble technique. Participants were asked to paint a virtual model as fast and as precisely as possible inside a CAVE, using a “desktop” haptic device. The results showed that the Bubble technique enabled both the quickest and the most precise paintings. It was also the most appreciated technique.