Object Selection in Virtual Environments Using an Improved Virtual Pointer Metaphor

Frank Steinicke Hamburg University Timo Ropinski Ulm University Klaus Hinrichs

2006

Abstract

In this paper we describe object selection techniques and metaphors for virtual environments (VEs). By combining and extending known techniques, we introduce an improved virtual pointer metaphor which enhances interactive object selection. The extension of the virtual pointer metaphor is based on a bendable ray, which is visualized by a quadratic beziér curve and points to the selectable object closest to the additionally visualized direction ray of the pointer. Strategies for determining this object are discussed and compared.

Bibtex

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@inbook{steinicke2006object,
	title={Object Selection in Virtual Environments Using an Improved Virtual Pointer Metaphor},
	author={Steinicke, Frank and Ropinski, Timo and Hinrichs, Klaus},
	editor={Wojciechowski, Konrad W. and Smolka, Bogdan and Palus, Henryk and Kozera, Ryszard and Skarbek, Wladyslaw and Noakes, Lyle},
	year={2006},
		pages={320--326}
}