Comparing two input devices for virtual walkthroughs using a Head Mounted Display (HMD)

Beatriz Sousa Santos; Paulo Dias; Paulo Santos; Carlos Ferreira

doi:10.1117/12.2036486

28 February 2014 Comparing two input devices for virtual walkthroughs using a Head Mounted Display (HMD)

Beatriz Sousa Santos, Paulo Dias, Paulo Santos, Carlos Ferreira

Proceedings Volume 9012, The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014; 90120M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036486
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Selecting input and output devices to be used in virtual walkthroughs is an important issue as it may have significant impact in usability and comfort. This paper presents a user study meant to compare the usability of two input devices used for walkthroughs in a virtual environment with a Head-Mounted Display. User performance, satisfaction, ease of use and comfort, were compared with two different input devices: a two button mouse and a joystick from a gamepad. Participants also used a desktop to perform the same tasks in order to assess if the participant groups had similar profiles. The results obtained by 45 participants suggest that both input devices have a comparable usability in the used conditions and show that participants generally performed better with the desktop; a discussion of possible causes is presented.

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Beatriz Sousa Santos, Paulo Dias, Paulo Santos, and Carlos Ferreira "Comparing two input devices for virtual walkthroughs using a Head Mounted Display (HMD)", Proc. SPIE 9012, The Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality 2014, 90120M (28 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036486

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