User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing

On a multitouch table, user’s interactions with 3D virtual representations of real objects should be influenced by task and their perceived physical characteristics. This article explores the development and user study of an interactive 3D application that allows users to explore virtual heritage ob...

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Main Authors: Ch’ng, Eugene, Cooke, Neil
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Published: Springer 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48872/
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description On a multitouch table, user’s interactions with 3D virtual representations of real objects should be influenced by task and their perceived physical characteristics. This article explores the development and user study of an interactive 3D application that allows users to explore virtual heritage objects on a surface device. To-date, most multitouch has focused on 2D or 2.5D systems. A user-study is reported where we analyse their multimodal behaviour – specifically how they interact on a surface device with objects that have similar properties to physical versions and the users’ associated gaze patterns with touch. The study reveals that gaze characteristics are different according to their interaction intention in terms of position and duration of visual attention. We discovered that virtual objects afford the perception of haptic attributes ascribed to their equivalent physical objects, and that differences in the summary statistics of gaze showed consistent characteristics between people and differences between natural and task based activities. An awareness of user behaviours using natural gestures can inform the design of interactive 3D applications which complements the user’s model of past experience with physical objects and with GUI interaction.
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spelling nottingham-488722020-05-04T17:09:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48872/ User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing Ch’ng, Eugene Cooke, Neil On a multitouch table, user’s interactions with 3D virtual representations of real objects should be influenced by task and their perceived physical characteristics. This article explores the development and user study of an interactive 3D application that allows users to explore virtual heritage objects on a surface device. To-date, most multitouch has focused on 2D or 2.5D systems. A user-study is reported where we analyse their multimodal behaviour – specifically how they interact on a surface device with objects that have similar properties to physical versions and the users’ associated gaze patterns with touch. The study reveals that gaze characteristics are different according to their interaction intention in terms of position and duration of visual attention. We discovered that virtual objects afford the perception of haptic attributes ascribed to their equivalent physical objects, and that differences in the summary statistics of gaze showed consistent characteristics between people and differences between natural and task based activities. An awareness of user behaviours using natural gestures can inform the design of interactive 3D applications which complements the user’s model of past experience with physical objects and with GUI interaction. Springer 2015-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Ch’ng, Eugene and Cooke, Neil (2015) User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9187 . pp. 425-433. ISSN 0302-9743 Interactive 3D multitouch surface computing digital heritage gaze tracking https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-20898-5_41 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20898-5_41 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20898-5_41
spellingShingle Interactive 3D
multitouch
surface computing
digital heritage
gaze tracking
Ch’ng, Eugene
Cooke, Neil
User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title_full User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title_fullStr User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title_full_unstemmed User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title_short User study on 3D multitouch interaction (3DMi) and gaze on surface computing
title_sort user study on 3d multitouch interaction (3dmi) and gaze on surface computing
topic Interactive 3D
multitouch
surface computing
digital heritage
gaze tracking
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