3D User Interfaces for Collaborative Work
- ISBN-10
- 9537619192
- ISBN-13
- 9789537619190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Authors
- Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus Hinrichs
Description
In this chapter we have introduced 3D user interface concepts that embed in everyday working environments providing an improved working experience. These strategies have the potential to be accepted by users as new user interface paradigm for specific tasks as well as for standard desktop interactions. The results of the preliminary evaluation indicate that the subjects are highly motivated to use the described framework, since as they remarked instrumentation is not required. Moreover, users like the experience of using the 3D interface, especially the stereoscopic facetop approach. They evaluated the stereoscopic mouse cursor as clear improvement. The usage of the monoscopic interaction lens has been revealed as very useful because the subjects prefer to interact in a way that is familiar for them from working with an ordinary desktop system. In the future we will integrate further functionality and visual enhancements using more stereoscopic and physics-based motion effects. Moreover, we plan to examine further interaction techniques, in particular, for domain-specific interaction tasks.
