3D Interaction Testbed

Replicability, as it’s known, is the foundation of modern research in many disciplines of science. Moreover, if consistency between researchers is achieved, more faith is placed in the truth of the findings. The aim of this section is to list the 3DUI related publications together with the information about environments used, implementations, tasks, and results, the information that can be helpful not only to replicate the research, but also to lower the barier for the development of new interaction techniques.

A Study of Street-level Navigation Techniques in 3D Digital Cities on Mobile Touch Devices

A Study of Street-level Navigation Techniques in 3D Digital Cities on Mobile Touch Devices

Presentation of the study

By Jacek Jankowski, Thomas Hulin, and Martin Hachet

To characterize currently most common interaction techniques for street-level navigation in 3D digital cities for mobile touch devices in terms of their efficiency and usability, we conducted a user study, where we compared target selection (Go-To), rate control (Joystick), position control, and stroke-based control navigation metaphors. The results suggest users performed best with the Go-To interaction technique. The subjective comments showed a preference of novices towards Go-To and expert users towards Joystick technique.

In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI'14) Minneapolis, United States, 2014