A Comparison of Ray Pointing Techniques for Very Large Displays

Jota, R., Nacenta, M., Jorge, J., Carpendale, S. and Greenberg, S. (2010)
A Comparison of Ray Pointing Techniques for Very Large Displays. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface - GI'2010. ACM Press, 8 pages, May 31 - June 2. Includes attached Video Figure, duration 1:49. Earlier version as: Report 2009-942-21 (September, 2009)..

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Abstract

Ray-pointing techniques are often advocated as a way for people to interact with very large displays from several meters away. We are interested in two factors that can affect ray pointing: the particular technique's control type, and parallax. Consequently, we tested four ray pointing variants on a wall display that covers a large part of the user's field of view. Tasks included horizontal and vertical targeting, and tracing. Our results show that (a) techniques based on rotational control perform better for targeting tasks, and (b) techniques with low parallax are best for tracing tasks. We also show that a Fitts's law analysis based on angles (as opposed to linear distances) better approximates peoples reay pointing performance

Keywords

Large displays, ray pointing, distant pointing, image-plane, targeting, tracing, index of difficulty, ISO 9241, parallax

Bibtex entry

@INPROCEEDINGS { 2010-RayPointing.GI,
CLASS = { CONFARTICLE },
AUTHOR = { Jota, R. and Nacenta, M. and Jorge, J. and Carpendale, S. and Greenberg, S. },
TITLE = { A Comparison of Ray Pointing Techniques for Very Large Displays },
YEAR = { 2010 },
MONTH = { May 31 - June 2 },
BOOKTITLE = { Proceedings of Graphics Interface - GI'2010 },
PUBLISHER = { ACM Press },
PAGES = { 8 pages },
LOCATION = { Ottawa, Canada },
NOTE = { Includes attached Video Figure, duration 1:49. Earlier version as: Report 2009-942-21 (September, 2009). },
KEYWORDS = { Large displays, ray pointing, distant pointing, image-plane, targeting, tracing, index of difficulty, ISO 9241, parallax },
}