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A study of the performance of steering tasks under spatial transformation of input

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M. Eduard Tudoreanu,

Eileen KraemerAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Pages 340 - 345

https://doi.org/10.1145/1593105.1593196

Published: 28 March 2008 Publication History

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Typical direct manipulation tasks often suffer from an inherent indirection between the virtual objects that form the computer interface and the input devices through which the user interacts to manipulate these objects. This paper studies the effect of spatial indirection on the performance of interaction. For continuous input devices, spatial transformation can be decomposed into translation, rotation, and scale. Translation alone simply shifts a movement from the device space to a different position in the virtual space, preserving the direction and size of that motion. Rotation changes the direction, while scale modifies the size. This study found evidence that rotation and scale are significant factors in interaction performance. We propose a model based on these factors that can be employed to predict the time required for a task of tracing and staying inside a non-linear shape. Contrary to our initial hypothesis, moderate translation changes did not register significant variations in the required time. The results of this study are also applicable to the placement and ergonomics of physical input devices.

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Fan ZCoutrix C(2020)Impact of Hand Used on One-Handed Back-of-Device PerformanceProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34273164:ISS(1-19)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2020
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Ram SMahadevan ARahmat-Khah HTurini GYoung J(2017)Effect of Control-Display Gain and Mapping and Use of Armrests on Accuracy in Temporally Limited Touchless Gestural Steering TasksProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/154193121360157761:1(380-384)Online publication date: 28-Sep-2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601577

Index Terms

A study of the performance of steering tasks under spatial transformation of input
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms

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ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

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DOI:10.1145/1593105

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Fan ZCoutrix C(2020)Impact of Hand Used on One-Handed Back-of-Device PerformanceProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34273164:ISS(1-19)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3427316
Ram SMahadevan ARahmat-Khah HTurini GYoung J(2017)Effect of Control-Display Gain and Mapping and Use of Armrests on Accuracy in Temporally Limited Touchless Gestural Steering TasksProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/154193121360157761:1(380-384)Online publication date: 28-Sep-2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601577

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