Towards usable VR: An empirical study of user interfaces for lmmersive virtual environments

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 64-71

  Lindeman, Robert W ^a   Sibert, John L ^a   Hahn, James K ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D user interfaces; Bimanual interaction; Passive haptic feedback; Virtual environments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; 3D USER INTERFACE; BI-MANUAL INTERACTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MANIPULATION TASK; USER PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIMANUAL INTERACTION; PASSIVE-HAPTIC FEEDBACK;

EID: 0032645045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/302979.302995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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