Title :
Poster: A hybrid direct visual editing method for architectural massing study in virtual environments
Author :
Chen, Jian ; Bowman, Doug A. ; Laidlaw, David H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Brown Univ., Providence, RI
Abstract :
We present a hybrid user interface and gesture-based direct visual editing techniques for quick and rough object creation and manipulation in three-dimensional (3D) virtual environments (VEs). The user interface includes a novel table-prop to resemble an architect´s physical workbench. A tracked pinch glove and a stylus pen provide both rough and fingertip level precise spatial input. For quick placement, objects do not float in space, but instead obey a set of constrained physics laws. Experimental results indicate our design is effective for architectural massing study. Our work contributes to the hardware system design and novel gesture-based interaction techniques, which have the potential to bring VEs into practical use in architecture.
Keywords :
computer graphics; computer vision; virtual reality; architectural massing; gesture-based interaction techniques; hybrid direct visual editing method; hybrid user interface; virtual environments; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Computer science; Costs; Hardware; Large screen displays; Physics computing; Shape; User interfaces; Virtual environment; 3D interaction; Hybrid environment; computer-aided massing study; physics-based object manipulation;
Conference_Titel :
3D User Interfaces, 2009. 3DUI 2009. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lafayette, LA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3965-2
DOI :
10.1109/3DUI.2009.4811227
