Design and comparative evaluation of Smoothed Pointing: A velocity-oriented remote pointing enhancement technique

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-300

  Gallo, L ^a   Minutolo, A ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ray pointing facilitation; Smoothed Pointing; User study; Velocity oriented approach; Wiimote

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DOMAINS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES; ERROR RATE; POINTING DEVICES; POINTING TASKS; RAY POINTING FACILITATION; TARGET ACQUISITION; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRAJECTORY-BASED; USER STUDY; VELOCITY-ORIENTED APPROACH; WIIMOTE;

ENGINEERING; HARDWARE;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84856060930     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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