Montano-Murillo, RA;
Nguyen, C;
Kazi, RH;
Subramanian, S;
Diverdi, S;
Martinez-Plasencia, D;
(2020)
Slicing-Volume: Hybrid 3D/2D Multi-target Selection Technique for Dense Virtual Environments.
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Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020.
(pp. pp. 53-62).
IEEE: Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Abstract
3D 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.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Slicing-Volume: Hybrid 3D/2D Multi-target Selection Technique for Dense Virtual Environments |
Event: | 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581198507712 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581198507712 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Three-dimensional displays , Task analysis , Two dimensional displays , Stability analysis , Navigation , Virtual reality , Data visualization |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106533 |




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