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Pointing in the Air: Measuring the Effect of Hand Selection Strategies on Performance and Effort

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Human Factors in Computing and Informatics (SouthCHI 2013)

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The research presented in this paper aims at measuring the effect of selection strategies on free-hand pointing performance and effort.

Different evaluations are presented which shows that the selection strategies and the feedback do influence the pointing performance. In the main evaluation presented in this paper, three selection strategies, namely dwell, thumb and pinching, are compared. There was no winning selection strategy, although there was a significant effect of the selection strategies on the pointing performance. Further, the paper shows that it is not enough to compare only the performance of the user, but also the effort, comfort and the selection errors must be taken into account.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Fribourg, Boulevard de Pérolles 90, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Matthias Schwaller & Denis Lalanne

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  1. Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI), Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, 8036, Graz, Austria

    Andreas Holzinger

  2. Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Theaterplatz 14, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    Martina Ziefle

  3. Institute of Informatics Systems, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Universitätsstrasse 65-67, 9020, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Martin Hitz

  4. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Matjaž Debevc

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Schwaller, M., Lalanne, D. (2013). Pointing in the Air: Measuring the Effect of Hand Selection Strategies on Performance and Effort. In: Holzinger, A., Ziefle, M., Hitz, M., Debevc, M. (eds) Human Factors in Computing and Informatics. SouthCHI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7946. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39062-3_53

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