Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/3DUI.2010.5444715
