Evaluation of the leap motion controller as a new contact-free pointing device

Sensors

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 214-233

  Bachmann, Daniel ^a   Weichert, Frank ^a   Rinkenauer, Gerhard ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fitts law; Human computer interaction; Leap Motion Controller

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; MAMMALS; MOTION CONTROL;

CONTACT FREE; ERROR RATE; FITTS'S LAW; INPUT SYSTEMS; LEAP MOTION CONTROLLER; MOTION CONTROLLER; PERFORMANCE; POINTING DEVICES; SUBMILLIMETRE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84919791621     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150100214     Document Type: Article

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