The "Bubble" Technique: Interacting with Large Virtual Environments Using Haptic Devices with Limited Workspace

Authors:
Lionel Dominjon;Anatole Lecuyer;Jean-Marie Burkhardt;Guillermo Andrade-Barroso;Simon Richir
Affiliations:
University of Angers;INRIA/IRISA;University of Paris 5/INRIA;INRIA/IRIS;University of Angers
Venue:
WHC '05 Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The "Bubble" technique is a novel interaction technique to interact with large Virtual Environments (VE) using a haptic device with a limited workspace. It is based on a hybrid position/rate control which enables both accurate interaction and coarse positioning in a large VE. The haptic workspace is displayed visually using a semi-transparent sphere (looking like a bubble) that surrounds the manipulated cursor. When the cursor is located inside the bubble, its motion is position-controlled. When the cursor is outside, it is rate-controlled. The user may also "feel" the inner surface of the bubble, since the spherical workspace is "haptically" displayed by applying an elastic force-feedback when crossing the surface of the bubble.