Comparison of 3D navigation interfaces

Abstract

This paper evaluates two different interfaces for navigation in a 3D environment. The first is a 'Click-to-Move' style interface that involves using a mouse. The second is a gaming style interface that uses both mouse and keyboard (i.e. the 'WASD' keys) for view direction and movement respectively. In the user study, participants were asked to navigate a supermarket environment and collect a specific subset of items. Results revealed significant differences only for some of the submeasures. Yet, some revealing observations were made regarding user behavior and interaction with the user interface.3d navigation, 3d virtual environments, gamer interface, supermarket simulation, user studies.

A Sketch-Line Interaction Model for Image Slice-Based Examination and Region of Interest Delineation of 3D Image Data

“…It also supports 3D image exploration and navigation using oriented image slices controlled using a widget (Figure 10). All of these programs provide rendering and object manipulation techniques [47] as part of their core functionality [38] and all support object positioning technique [60] using 3D widgets.…”