Montano-Murillo, RA;
Cuong, N;
Kazi, RH;
Subramanian, S;
DiVerdi, S;
Martinez-Plasencia, D;
(2020)
Slicing-Volume: Hybrid 3D/2D Multi-target Selection Technique for Dense Virtual Environments.
In:
2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR).
(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: | 27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) |
Location: | Atlanta, GA |
Dates: | 22 March 2020 - 26 March 2020 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1109/VR46266.2020.00023 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.00023 |
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: | 3D selection, hybrid systems, slicing plane, virtual reality, bimanual interaction, tablet. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices 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/10107943 |
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