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Slicing-volume: hybrid 3D/2D multi-target selection technique for dense virtual environments
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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:56 authored by Roberto Antonio Montano Murillo, Cuong Nguyen, Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Sriram Subramanian, Stephen DiVerdi, Diego Martinez Plasencia3D selection in dense VR environments (e.g., point clouds) is extremely challenging due to occlusion and imprecise mid-air input modalities (e.g., 3D controllers and hand gestures). In this paper, we propose "Slicing-Volume", a hybrid selection technique that enables simultaneous 3D interaction in mid-air, and a 2D pen-and-tablet metaphor in VR. Inspired by well-known slicing plane techniques in data visualization, our technique consists of a 3D volume that encloses target objects in mid-air, which are then projected to a 2D tablet view for precise selection on a tangible physical surface. While slicing techniques and tablets-in-VR have been previously explored, in this paper, we evaluated the potential of this hybrid approach to improve accuracy in highly occluded selection tasks, comparing different multimodal interactions (e.g., Mid-air, Virtual Tablet and Real Tablet). Our results showed that our hybrid technique significantly improved overall accuracy of selection compared to Mid-air selection only, thanks to the added haptic feedback given by the physical tablet surface, rather than the added visualization given by the tablet view.
Funding
Interactive Technologies Using Metamaterials; G2349; ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (BEIS); CIE1718\14
Interfaces - Manipulating Acoustic wavefronts using metamaterials for novel user interfaces; G2388; EUROPEAN UNION; 787413
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2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)ISSN
2642-5246Publisher
IEEEPage range
53-62Pages
10.0Event name
2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)Event location
Atlanta, Georgia / OnlineEvent type
conferenceEvent date
March 22 - 26th 2020ISBN
9781728156095Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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2020-03-24First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-05-14First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2020-05-13Usage metrics
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