A multi-touch enabled human-transporter metaphor for virtual 3D traveling

Author

Valkov, Dimitar ; Steinicke, Frank ; Bruder, Gerd ; Hinrichs, Klaus

Author_Institution

Visualization & Comput. Graphics (VisCG) Res. Group, Univ. of Munster, Munster, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

20-21 March 2010

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

82

Abstract

In this tech-note we demonstrate how multi-touch hand gestures in combination with foot gestures can be used to perform navigation tasks in interactive 3D environments. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are well suited as a complex testbed for evaluation of user interfaces based on multi-modal input. Recent developments in the area of interactive surfaces enable the construction of low-cost multi-touch displays and relatively inexpensive sensor technology to detect foot gestures, which allows to explore these input modalities for virtual reality environments. In this tech-note, we describe an intuitive 3D user interface metaphor and corresponding hardware, which combine multi-touch hand and foot gestures for interaction with spatial data.

Keywords

geographic information systems; gesture recognition; interactive systems; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; virtual reality; foot gestures; geographic information systems; interactive 3D environments; multitouch displays; multitouch enabled human-transporter metaphor; multitouch hand gestures; navigation tasks; sensor technology; user interfaces; virtual 3D traveling; Computer graphics; Computer science; Foot; Geographic Information Systems; Legged locomotion; Navigation; System testing; User interfaces; Virtual reality; Visualization; 3D navigation; 3D user interface; multi-touch interaction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2010 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Waltham, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6846-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6845-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2010.5444715

Filename

5444715