HOG on a WIM

Author

Stafford, Aaron ; Piekarski, Wayne ; Thomas, Bruce H.

Author_Institution

Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide

fYear

2008

fDate

8-12 March 2008

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

290

Abstract

This paper presents a new interaction metaphor for mixed space collaboration: HOG on a WIM. Hand of god (HOG) on a world in miniature (WIM) is the first collaborative WIM. It enables a table-top display user to collaborate with a virtual reality (VR) user. The tabletop display user has a god´s eye view of the virtual world and communicates with the VR user through natural gestures and speech. The VR user controls a WIM to navigate and manipulate the virtual world with the aid of the tabletop display user´s guidance.

Keywords

groupware; virtual reality; hand of god; mixed space collaboration; virtual reality; virtual world; world in miniature; Cameras; Collaboration; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Navigation; Rendering (computer graphics); Speech; Three dimensional displays; Virtual reality; Wearable computers; H.5.3 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Group and Organization InterfacesÂ¿Collaborative computing; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and TechniquesÂ¿Interaction techniques; I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and RealismÂ¿Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Conference, 2008. VR '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Reno, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1971-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1972-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2008.4480805

Filename

4480805