Gearbox Widget for Fine Adjustments by Hand Motion

OSAWA, Noritaka; REN, Xiangshi

Gearbox Widget for Fine Adjustments by Hand Motion

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Date

2003

Authors

OSAWA, Noritaka
REN, Xiangshi

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

manipulation by hand is not suitable for making fine adjustments to virtual objects in an immersive environment because it is difficult to hold an unsupported hand in midair and then to release an object at a fixed point. Therefore we propose a virtual 3D gearbox widget. This gearbox widget enables the user to adjust a value precisely. A combination technique of this widget and hand manipulation can move virtual objects and place them in a target position quickly and precisely. For a comparison, we tested the usability of four techniques. Experiments showed that using the proposed gearbox in combination with direct manipulation was the best of the four techniques in terms of both performance data and subjective preference.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGVE/IPT_EGVE2003/313-314
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments
},
editor = {Andreas Kunz and Joachim Deisinger
},
title = {{Gearbox Widget for Fine Adjustments by Hand Motion
}},
author = {OSAWA, Noritaka and 
REN, Xiangshi
},
year = {2003
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-530X
},
ISBN = {978-3-905674-06-4
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGVE/IPT_EGVE2003/313-314
}
}