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The eyes don't have it: an empirical comparison of head-based and eye-based selection in virtual reality

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Yuan Yuan Qian,

Robert J. TeatherAuthors Info & Claims

SUI '17: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

Pages 91 - 98

https://doi.org/10.1145/3131277.3132182

Published: 16 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

We present a study comparing selection performance between three eye/head interaction techniques using the recently released FOVE head-mounted display (HMD). The FOVE offers an integrated eye tracker, which we use as an alternative to potentially fatiguing and uncomfortable head-based selection used with other commercial devices. Our experiment was modelled after the ISO 9241-9 reciprocal selection task, with targets presented at varying depths in a custom virtual environment. We compared eye-based selection, and head-based selection (i.e., gaze direction) in isolation, and a third condition which used both eye-tracking and head-tracking at once. Results indicate that eye-only selection offered the worst performance in terms of error rate, selection times, and throughput. Head-only selection offered significantly better performance.

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The eyes don't have it: an empirical comparison of head-based and eye-based selection in virtual reality
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
    2. Interaction techniques
      1. Pointing

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SUI '17: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

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DOI:10.1145/3131277

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KU Leuven, Belgium
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University of Georgia
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Carleton University, Canada
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Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

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