Gaze tracking and non-touch gesture based interaction method for mobile 3D virtual spaces

  • Authors:
  • Matti Pouke;Antti Karhu;Seamus Hickey;Leena Arhippainen

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Oulu;University of Oulu;University of Oulu;University of Oulu

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper introduces a continuous gaze tracking and non-touch gesture recognition based interaction method for 3D virtual spaces on tablet devices. The user can turn his/her viewpoint, select objects with gaze and grab and manipulate objects with non-touch hand gestures. The interaction method does not require the use of a mouse or a keyboard. We created a test scenario with an object manipulation task and measured the completion times of a combined gaze tracking and non-touch gesture interaction method, with a touch screen only input method. Short interviews were conducted with 13 test subjects and data was gathered through questionnaires. The touch screen method was generally faster than or as fast as the combined gaze and non-touch gesture method. The users thought, however, that gaze tracking was more interesting and showed potential. The gaze tracking would however require more stability to be suitable for use with mobile devices.