Toward the design of transitional interfaces: an exploratory study on a semi-immersive hybrid user interface

Carvalho, Felipe; Trevisan, Daniela; Raposo, Alberto

doi:10.1007/s10055-011-0205-y

Cited by 16 publications

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“…In other words, subjects would not spend the time and effort to switch contexts, just to change the editing mode, or to select an object that could already be picked up using the interface at hand. This goes against some previous research findings, such as the rule of dimensional congruence [22], or the methodology to assign 3DUI tasks exclusively to ICs [29]. However, this may also change given an HVE system that has fewer distinctions between the ICs, and requires less time and effort to switch interfaces.…”

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confidence: 49%

“…As an example, our HVE level editing system coordinates two VE representations contained in two ICs: a tablet device with multi-touch input and a 2D GUI, and an HMD-based VR system with wand input. Two closely related works are the HybridDesk, which surrounds a traditional desktop computer with a desktop VE display [29], and SCAPE, which puts a see-through workbench display in the center of a room with projection walls [30]. However, the former limited its ICs to exclusive 3DUI tasks, forcing the user to make unnecessary switches, and the latter mainly focused on view management, instead of rich 3D interactions.…”

Section: Hybrid Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The immersive IC has an inthe-world, first person view where all interactions are based on the user's egocentric body, while the miniature IC adopts an above-the-world, God view with object-centered exocentric reference frame. The two ICs in the HybridDesk system [29] feature more differences in hardware components. The immersive IC uses a desktop CAVE system as the display device, and a Wii Remote controller-based wand interface as the input device to do travel, object selection and manipulation in the virtual world.…”

Section: Interaction Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Where an interaction spans distinct points on the mixed reality continuum, it is termed a transitional interface. The importance of continuity in transitional interfaces has been highlighted, as well as the lack of a theoretical guideline for when to make these transitions [5], and how much to transition by.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Dose of Reality

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Boland

Murray-Smith

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We identify usability challenges facing consumers adopting Virtual Reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMDs) in a survey of 108 VR HMD users. Users reported significant issues in interacting with, and being aware of their real-world context when using a HMD. Building upon existing work on blending real and virtual environments, we performed three design studies to address these usability concerns. In a typing study, we show that augmenting VR with a view of reality significantly corrected the performance impairment of typing in VR. We then investigated how much reality should be incorporated and when, so as to preserve users' sense of presence in VR. For interaction with objects and peripherals, we found that selectively presenting reality as users engaged with it was optimal in terms of performance and users' sense of presence. Finally, we investigated how this selective, engagement-dependent approach could be applied in social environments, to support the user's awareness of the proximity and presence of others.

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“…The HVE system presented in this paper coordinates two VE representations contained in two ICs: a tablet device with multi-touch input and a 2D GUI, and an HMD-based VR system with wand input. Two closely related works are the HybridDesk, which surrounds a traditional desktop computer with a desktop CAVE display [9], and SCAPE, which puts a see-through workbench display in the center of a room with projection walls [7]. However, the former limited its ICs to exclusive 3DUI tasks, forcing the user to make unnecessary switches, and the latter mainly focused on view management, instead of rich 3D interactions.…”

Section: Hybrid Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Coordinated 3D interaction in tablet- and HMD-based hybrid virtual environments

Wang

Lindeman

2014

Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

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Traditional 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) in immersive virtual reality can be inefficient in tasks that involve diversities in scale, perspective, reference frame, and dimension. This paper proposes a solution to this problem using a coordinated, tablet-and HMD-based, hybrid virtual environment system. Wearing a non-occlusive HMD, the user is able to view and interact with a tablet mounted on the non-dominant forearm, which provides a multi-touch interaction surface, as well as an exocentric God view of the virtual world. To reduce transition gaps across 3D interaction tasks and interfaces, four coordination mechanisms are proposed, two of which were implemented, and one was evaluated in a user study featuring complex level-editing tasks. Based on subjective ratings, task performance, interview feedback, and video analysis, we found that having multiple Interaction Contexts (ICs) with complementary benefits can lead to good performance and user experience, despite the complexity of learning and using the hybrid system. The results also suggest keeping 3DUI tasks synchronized across the ICs, as this can help users understand their relationships, smoothen within-and between-task IC transitions, and inspire more creative use of different interfaces.

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Toward the design of transitional interfaces: an exploratory study on a semi-immersive hybrid user interface

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

Coordinated hybrid virtual environments: Seamless interaction contexts for effective virtual reality

Coordinated hybrid virtual environments: Seamless interaction contexts for effective virtual reality

A Dose of Reality

Coordinated 3D interaction in tablet- and HMD-based hybrid virtual environments

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