User Interface for Volume Rendering in Virtual Reality Environments

Volume Rendering applications require sophisticated user interaction for the definition and refinement of transfer functions. Traditional 2D desktop user interface elements have been developed to solve this task, but such concepts do not map well to the interaction devices available in Virtual Reali...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2013-02
Main Authors: Klein, Jonathan, Reuling, Dennis, Grimm, Jan, Pfau, Andreas, Lefloch, Damien, Lambers, Martin, Kolb, Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Controllers
Rendering
Software upgrading
Transfer functions
User interface
Virtual environments
Virtual reality
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Summary:Volume Rendering applications require sophisticated user interaction for the definition and refinement of transfer functions. Traditional 2D desktop user interface elements have been developed to solve this task, but such concepts do not map well to the interaction devices available in Virtual Reality environments. In this paper, we propose an intuitive user interface for Volume Rendering specifically designed for Virtual Reality environments. The proposed interface allows transfer function design and refinement based on intuitive two-handed operation of Wand-like controllers. Additional interaction modes such as navigation and clip plane manipulation are supported as well. The system is implemented using the Sony PlayStation Move controller system. This choice is based on controller device capabilities as well as application and environment constraints. Initial results document the potential of our approach.
ISSN:2331-8422