A study of street-level navigation techniques in 3D digital cities on mobile touch devices

Author

Jankowski, Jaroslaw ; Hulin, Thomas ; Hachet, Martin

Author_Institution

Inria Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

fYear

2014

fDate

29-30 March 2014

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

To characterize currently most common interaction techniques for street-level navigation in 3D digital cities for mobile touch devices in terms of their efficiency and usability, we conducted a user study, where we compared target selection (Go-To), rate control (Joystick), position control, and stroke-based control navigation metaphors. The results suggest users performed best with the Go-To interaction technique. The subjective comments showed a preference of novices towards Go-To and expert users towards Joystick technique.

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; human computer interaction; interactive devices; mobile computing; notebook computers; touch sensitive screens; 3D digital cities; Go-To interaction technique; efficiency factor; interaction techniques; joystick technique; mobile touch devices; position control technique; rate control technique; street-level navigation techniques; stroke-based control navigation technique; target selection; usability factor; Cameras; Cities and towns; Fatigue; Mobile communication; Navigation; Position control; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2014 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2014.6798838

Filename

6798838