HardBorders: a new haptic approach for selection tasks in 3D menus

In this paper, we introduce a 3D menu with a new technique of haptic guidance, for virtual environments. The 3D menu consists in a thin polyhedral shape, with the items at the corners. The HardBorders technique haptically simulates the collisions of the pointer with the borders of the polyhedron, making it glide towards the items of the menu. A comparison with 2 reference modalities has been performed, showing a clear advantage of our HardBorders technique.

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