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Visual aids in 3D point selection experiments

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Robert J. Teather,

Wolfgang StuerzlingerAuthors Info & Claims

SUI '14: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM symposium on Spatial user interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2659766.2659770

Published: 04 October 2014 Publication History

Abstract

We present a study investigating the influence of visual aids on 3D point selection tasks. In a Fitts' law pointing experiment, we compared the effects of texturing, highlighting targets upon being touched, and the presence of support cylinders intended to eliminate floating targets. Results of the study indicate that texturing and support cylinders did not significantly influence performance. Enabling target highlighting increased movement speed, while decreasing error rate. Pointing throughput was unaffected by this speed-accuracy tradeoff. Highlighting also eliminated significant differences between selection coordinate depth deviation and the deviation in the two orthogonal axes.

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Visual aids in 3D point selection experiments
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems

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SUI '14: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM symposium on Spatial user interaction

October 2014

174 pages

ISBN:9781450328203

DOI:10.1145/2659766

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Andy Wilson
Microsoft Research, USA
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University of Hamburg, Germany
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Evan Suma
University of Southern California, USA
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Wolfgang Stuerzlinger
York University, Canada

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