Integrality and Separability of Multitouch Interaction Techniques in 3D Manipulation Tasks

Multitouch displays represent a promising technology for the display and manipulation of data. While the manipulation of 2D data has been widely explored, 3D manipulation with multitouch displays remains largely unexplored. Based on an analysis of the integration and separation of degrees of freedom, we propose a taxonomy for 3D manipulation techniques with multitouch displays. Using that taxonomy, we introduce Depth-Separated Screen-Space (DS3), a new 3D manipulation technique based on the separation of translation and rotation. In a controlled experiment, we compared DS3 with Sticky Tools and Screen-Space. Results show that separating the control of translation and rotation significantly affects performance for 3D manipulation, with DS3 performing faster than the two other techniques.

[1]  M. Sheelagh T. Carpendale,et al.  Shallow-depth 3d interaction: design and evaluation of one-, two- and three-touch techniques , 2007, CHI.

[2]  Philip L. Davidson,et al.  A screen-space formulation for 2D and 3D direct manipulation , 2009, UIST '09.

[3]  Otmar Hilliges,et al.  Bringing physics to the surface , 2008, UIST '08.

[4]  Jun Rekimoto,et al.  SmartSkin: an infrastructure for freehand manipulation on interactive surfaces , 2002, CHI.

[5]  Patrick Baudisch,et al.  Separability of spatial manipulations in multi-touch interfaces , 2009, Graphics Interface.

[6]  M. Sheelagh T. Carpendale,et al.  Sticky tools: full 6DOF force-based interaction for multi-touch tables , 2009, ITS '09.

[7]  M. Sheelagh T. Carpendale,et al.  Rotation and translation mechanisms for tabletop interaction , 2006, First IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (TABLETOP '06).

[8]  W. R. Garner.  The Processing of Information and Structure , 1974 .

[9]  Paul Milgram,et al.  Measuring the allocation of control in a 6 degree-of-freedom docking experiment , 2000, CHI.

[10]  Jock D. Mackinlay,et al.  A morphological analysis of the design space of input devices , 1991, TOIS.

[11]  Laurent Grisoni,et al.  The design and evaluation of 3D positioning techniques for multi-touch displays , 2010, 2010 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI).

[12]  Andreas Butz,et al.  Interactions in the air: adding further depth to interactive tabletops , 2009, UIST '09.

[13]  Daniel J. Wigdor,et al.  Rock & rails: extending multi-touch interactions with shape gestures to enable precise spatial manipulations , 2011, CHI.

[14]  Susan J. Lederman,et al.  Virtual peg-in-hole performance using a 6-DOF magnetic levitation haptic device: comparison with real forces and with visual guidance alone , 2002, Proceedings 10th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. HAPTICS 2002.

[15]  Yanqing Wang,et al.  The structure of object transportation and orientation in human-computer interaction , 1998, CHI.

[16]  Shumin Zhai,et al.  Quantifying coordination in multiple DOF movement and its application to evaluating 6 DOF input devices , 1998, CHI.

[17]  Kenton O'Hara,et al.  Social Impact , 2019, Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics.

[18]  Robert J. K. Jacob,et al.  Integrality and separability of input devices , 1994, TCHI.

[19]  Martin Hachet,et al.  tBox: a 3d transformation widget designed for touch-screens , 2011, CHI.

[20]  Joe Tullio,et al.  Usability analysis of 3D rotation techniques , 1997, UIST '97.

[21]  Dominique Bechmann,et al.  Influence of degrees of freedom's manipulation on performances during orientation tasks in virtual reality environments , 2009, VRST '09.

[22]  Konrad Paul Kording,et al.  The statistics of natural hand movements , 2008, Experimental Brain Research.

[23]  Dominique Bechmann,et al.  An experimental analysis of the impact of Touch Screen Interaction techniques for 3-D positioning tasks , 2011, 2011 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference.