3D User Interface Design and Usability for Immersive VR

This work presents a novel design of a new 3D user interface for an immersive virtual reality desktop and a new empirical analysis of the proposed interface using three interaction modes. The proposed novel dual-layer 3D user interface allows for user interactions with multiple screens portrayed wit...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2019-11, Vol.9 (22), p.4861
Main Authors: Kharoub, Hind, Lataifeh, Mohammed, Ahmed, Naveed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer applications
Design
Human-computer interaction
Immersive virtual reality
Literature reviews
R&D
Research & development
Sitting position
Usability
User experience
User interface
Virtual reality
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Summary:This work presents a novel design of a new 3D user interface for an immersive virtual reality desktop and a new empirical analysis of the proposed interface using three interaction modes. The proposed novel dual-layer 3D user interface allows for user interactions with multiple screens portrayed within a curved 360-degree effective field of view available for the user. Downward gaze allows the user to raise the interaction layer that facilitates several traditional desktop tasks. The 3D user interface is analyzed using three different interaction modes, point-and-click, controller-based direct manipulation, and a gesture-based user interface. A comprehensive user study is performed within a mixed-methods approach for the usability and user experience analysis of all three user interaction modes. Each user interaction is quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed for simple and compound tasks in both standing and seated positions. The crafted mixed approach for this study allows to collect, evaluate, and validate the viability of the new 3D user interface. The results are used to draw conclusions about the suitability of the interaction modes for a variety of tasks in an immersive Virtual Reality 3D desktop environment.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app9224861