Pointing at responsive objects outdoors

  • Authors:
  • YangLei Zhao;Arpan Chakraborty;Kyung Wha Hong;Shishir Kakaraddi;Robert St. Amant

  • Affiliations:
  • TransLoc, Inc, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States;North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States;North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States;North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States;North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2012 ACM international conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper we analyze pointing techniques for simple remote control of nearby and distant objects in an outdoor environment, using a mobile phone. In an experiment we determine the accuracy of pointing at targets from a few meters to a few hundred meters away, either by focusing the phone's camera on a target or holding the phone at waist level in the direction of the target. We describe a simulated network application in which users can activate and control one or more responsive objects using either interaction technique.