A comparative study on distant free-hand pointing

  • Authors:
  • Ondrej Polacek;Martin Klima;Adam J. Sporka;Pavel Zak;Michal Hradis;Pavel Zemcik;Vaclav Prochazka

  • Affiliations:
  • Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Prague, Czech Rep;Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Prague, Czech Rep;Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Prague, Czech Rep;Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Rep;Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Rep;Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Rep;Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Rep

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Interactive tv and video
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper we present a comparative study of free-hand pointing, an absolute remote pointing device. Unimanual and bimanual interaction were tested as well as the static reference system (spatial coordinates are fixed in the space in front of the TV) and novel body-aligned reference system (coordinates are bound to the current position of the user). We conducted a point-and-click experiment with 12 participants. We have identified the preferred interaction areas for left- and right-handed users in terms of hand preference and preferred spatial areas of the interaction. In bimanual interaction, the users relied more on dominant hand, switching hands only when necessary. Even though the remote pointing device was faster than the free-hand pointing, it was less accepted probably due to its low precision.