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An exploration of interaction styles in mobile devices for navigating 3d environments

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Hai-Ning Liang,

James Trenchard,

Pourang IraniAuthors Info & Claims

APCHI '12: Proceedings of the 10th asia pacific conference on Computer human interaction

Pages 309 - 313

https://doi.org/10.1145/2350046.2350062

Published: 28 August 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Large displays are becoming more ubiquitous, but often only present passive information to passerby (e.g., about the 3D layouts and maps of buildings). To improve users' experience, museums and similar places could have a system where users would be able to interactively navigate maps of these public, large buildings to browse quickly what is available and plan their trips so that they are efficient and more enjoyable. Personal touch-based mobile devices can be used effectively as input devices, allowing for opportunistic and serendipitous user interaction. In this paper, we explore the coupling of mobile devices to large displays. We present three interaction styles that enable users to navigate in 3D environments and describe the result of a usability study with the three styles. The results of our study indicate that users prefer a combination of two styles, one supporting discrete, precise motions and the other fluid, continuous movements.

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An exploration of interaction styles in mobile devices for navigating 3d environments
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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APCHI '12: Proceedings of the 10th asia pacific conference on Computer human interaction

August 2012

312 pages

ISBN:9781450314961

DOI:10.1145/2350046

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University of Yamanashi, Japan
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Tokai University, Japan
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Kochi University of Technology, Japan

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Nanjappan VLiang HLu FPapangelis KYue YMan K(2018)User-elicited dual-hand interactions for manipulating 3D objects in virtual reality environmentsHuman-centric Computing and Information Sciences10.1186/s13673-018-0154-58:1(1-16)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1186/s13673-018-0154-5
Liang HLu FShi YNanjappan VPapangelis K(2018)Evaluating the effects of collaboration and competition in navigation tasks and spatial knowledge acquisition within virtual reality environmentsFuture Generation Computer Systems10.1016/j.future.2018.02.029Online publication date: Mar-2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.02.029
Vosinakis S(2018)Mid-Air Interaction vs Smartphone Control for First-Person Navigation on Large Displays: A Comparative StudyAugmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics10.1007/978-3-319-95282-6_45(636-654)Online publication date: 14-Jul-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95282-6_45
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