Modular 3D interface design for accessible VR applications.

Green, Corrie; Jiang, Yang; Isaacs, John

Abstract

Designed with an accessible first design approach, the presented paper describes how exploiting humans' proprioception ability in 3D space can result in a more natural interaction experience when using a 3D graphical user interface in a virtual environment. The modularity of the designed interface empowers the user to decide where they want to place interface elements in 3D space allowing for a highly customizable experience, both in the context of the player and the virtual space. Drawing inspiration from today's tangible interfaces used, such as those in aircraft cockpits, a modular interface is presented taking advantage of our natural understanding of interacting with 3D objects and exploiting capabilities that otherwise have not been used in 2D interaction. Additionally, the designed interface supports multimodal input mechanisms which also demonstrates the opportunity for the design to cross over to augmented reality applications. A focus group study was completed to better understand the usability and constraints of the designed 3D GUI.

Citation

GREEN, C., JIANG, Y. and ISAACS, J. 2023. Modular 3D interface design for accessible VR applications. In Chen, J.Y.C. and Fragomeni, G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th International conference on virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VAMR 2023), held as part of the 25th Human-computer interactions international conference (HCII 2023), 23-28 July 2023, Copenhagen Denmark. Lecture notes in computer science, 14027. Cham: Springer [online], pages 15-32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6

• Conference Name: 15th International conference on virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VAMR 2023), held as part of the 25th Human-computer interactions international conference (HCII 2023)
• Conference Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
• Start Date: Jul 23, 2023
• End Date: Jul 28, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Feb 24, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jul 9, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 17, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 10, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 15-32
• Series Title: Lecture notes in computer science
• Series Number: 14027
• Series ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• ISBN: 9783031356339
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_2
• Keywords: Virtual reality; Interaction; Accessibility; Three-dimensional graphical user interfaces (3D GUIs)