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The Pie Segment Slider is a novel parameter control interface combining the advantages of tangible input with the customizability of a graphical interface representation. The physical part of the interface consists of a round touchpad, which serves as an appropriate sensor for manipulating ring-shaped sliders arranged around a virtual object. The novel interface concept allows to shift a substantial amount of interaction task time from task preparation to its exploratory execution. Our user study compared the task performance of the novel interface to a common touchpad-operated GUI and examined the task sequences of both solutions. The results confirm the benefits of exploiting tangible input and proprioception for operating graphical user interface elements.
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Kulik, A., Kunert, A., Lux, C., Fröhlich, B. (2009). The Pie Slider: Combining Advantages of the Real and the Virtual Space. In: Butz, A., Fisher, B., Christie, M., Krüger, A., Olivier, P., Therón, R. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5531. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02115-2_8
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