The spatial metaphor for user interfaces: experimental tests of reference by location versus name
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Data mountain: using spatial memory for document management
Proceedings of the 11th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Guidelines for using multiple views in information visualization
AVI '00 Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Evaluating the effectiveness of spatial memory in 2D and 3D physical and virtual environments
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
HCI '98 Proceedings of HCI on People and Computers XIII
2D vs 3D, Implications on Spatial Memory
INFOVIS '01 Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization 2001 (INFOVIS'01)
Exploring Context Switching and Cognition in Dual-View Coordinated Visualizations
CMV '03 Proceedings of the conference on Coordinated and Multiple Views In Exploratory Visualization
Revisiting 2D vs 3D implications on spatial memory
AUIC '04 Proceedings of the fifth conference on Australasian user interface - Volume 28
Reevaluating stereo and motion cues for visualizing graphs in three dimensions
APGV '05 Proceedings of the 2nd symposium on Applied perception in graphics and visualization
Mixed-dimension interaction in virtual environments
Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
Keepin' it real: pushing the desktop metaphor with physics, piles and the pen
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A Hybrid User Interface for Manipulation of Volumetric Medical Data
3DUI '06 Proceedings of the 3D User Interfaces
Human-centered interaction with documents
Proceedings of the 1st ACM international workshop on Human-centered multimedia
Investigating touch interactions for an augmented world
Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat
Initial explorations into the user experience of 3D file browsing
Proceedings of the 23rd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Celebrating People and Technology
Task modeling for collaborative authoring
Proceedings of the 29th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
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There is still a controversial debate on the usefulness of 3D user interfaces. Most of the time, 2D metaphors are force-fitted to establish a rich set of functionality. With the aim of shifting the 20-year-old 2D WIMP (windows, icons, menus, and pointing device) paradigm towards a more natural and intuitive 3D user interface, we have developed a hybrid 2D + 3D prototype targeted at immersive environments. Our complementary display and interaction environment combines visual design techniques with mixed-mode interaction to support typical tasks of information workers to the greatest potential. To achieve this, we match visualization and interaction metaphors by the principle of dimensional congruence. This results in a sophisticated and more intuitive user interface. An ongoing evaluation gives encouraging feedback and shows that even non-expert users can efficiently work with the system.