• DocumentCode
    3000522
  • Title

    Design and evaluation of menu systems for immersive virtual environments

  • Author

    Bowman, Doug A. ; Wingrave, Chadwick A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    17-17 March 2001
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Lastpage
    156
  • Abstract
    Interfaces for system control tasks in virtual environments (VEs) have not been extensively studied. The paper focuses on various types of menu systems to be used in such environments. We describe the design of the TULIP menu, a menu system using Pinch GlovesTM, and compare it to two common alternatives: floating menus and pen and tablet menus. These three menus were compared in an empirical evaluation. The pen and tablet menu was found to be significantly faster, while users had a preference for TULIP. Subjective discomfort levels were also higher with the floating menus and pen and tablet.
  • Keywords
    human factors; interactive devices; user interfaces; virtual reality; Pinch Gloves; TULIP menu; VEs; floating menus; immersive virtual environments; menu system design; pen menus; subjective discomfort levels; system control task interfaces; tablet menus; Computer science; Control systems; Graphical user interfaces; Libraries; Load modeling; Navigation; System testing; Usability; Virtual environment; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Virtual Reality, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Yokohama, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0948-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VR.2001.913781
  • Filename
    913781
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3000522