Comparison of techniques for mixed-space collaborative navigation
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2009
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Stafford, A.
Thomas, B.H.
Piekarski, W.
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Calder, C.
Paul, P.
Paul, P.
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Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, 2009 / Calder, C., Paul, P. (ed./s), vol.93, pp.61-72
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10th Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC 2009) (1 Jan 2009 : Wellington, New Zealand)
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This paper describes the results of two studies conducted to determine the role of visual cues for a collaborative navigation task in a mixed-space environment. Both studies required a user with an exocentric view of a virtual room to navigate a fully immersed user with an egocentric view to an exit. The first study compares natural hand-based gestures, a mouse-based interface and an audio-only technique to determine their relative efficiency on task completion times. The follow-up study compares natural handbased gestures against a mouse-based interface in a scenario in which participants are unable to communicate verbally. The results show that visual cue-based collaborative navigation techniques are significantly more efficient than an audio-only technique. The results also show that natural hand gestures are more expressive and lead to quicker completion times in situations where verbal communication is not possible. © 2009, Australian Computer Society, Inc.
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Copyright 2009 Australian Computer Society. Reproduction for academic, not-for-profit purposes permitted provided the copyright text at the foot of the first page of each paper is included.