Remote Object Translation Methods for Immersive Virtual Environments
Jurriaan D. Mulder, Issn -x, Jurriaan D. Mulder · Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands · 1998
In this paper, seven methods are described to perform remote object translations with a six degree-of-freedom input device in an immersive virtual environment. By manipulating objects remotely, a number of disadvantages of the real-world `direct grab and drag' metaphor can be avoided. The di#erent methods are evaluated with a pilot user experiment. From the results of the experiment, some initial recommendations are formulated on the use of the methods for di#erent manipulation tasks. 1991 Computing Reviews Classification System: I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques - Interaction Techniques; I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism - Virtual Reality. Keywords and Phrases: Virtual Environments, Spatial Input. Note: Presented at the Virtual Environments '98 Conference, June 1998, Stuttgart, Germany. Work carried out under CWI project SEN-1.3, Interactive Visualization Environments 1. INTRODUCTION Virtual reality systems are designed to...