User Evaluation Of Cursor-Positioning Devices For 3-D Display Workstations

Robert J Beaton; Novia Weiman

doi:10.1117/12.944738

8 June 1988 User Evaluation Of Cursor-Positioning Devices For 3-D Display Workstations

Robert J Beaton, Novia Weiman

Proceedings Volume 0902, Three-Dimensional Imaging and Remote Sensing Imaging; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944738
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper reports a human-factors evaluation of cursor-positioning devices for 3-dimensional (3-D) display workstations. Five input devices were compared in terms of cursor-positioning time and error with two 3-D display systems: a true 3-D stereoscopic display system and a conventional display system using linear perspective to convey depth information. For both 3-D display systems, the results indicated that vector-oriented input devices produced lower cursor-positioning errors and faster cursor-positioning time than either plane-oriented or free-space input devices. Several implementations of vector-oriented input devices are discussed.

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Robert J Beaton and Novia Weiman "User Evaluation Of Cursor-Positioning Devices For 3-D Display Workstations", Proc. SPIE 0902, Three-Dimensional Imaging and Remote Sensing Imaging, (8 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944738

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