Virtual 3D gearbox widget technique for precise adjustment by hand motion in immersive VR

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E87-D, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2408-2414

  Osawa, Noritaka ^a   Ren, Xiangshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gearbox; Hand direct manipulation; Immersive environment; Precise position adjustment; User interface evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SPECIAL EFFECTS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

GEARBOX; HAND DIRECT MANIPULATION; IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT; PRECISE POSITION ADJUSTMENT; USER INTERFACE EVALUATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 7544221729     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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