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Toward the design of transitional interfaces: an exploratory study on a semi-immersive hybrid user interface

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A task that can be decomposed into subtasks with different technological demands may be a challenge, since it requires multiple interactive environments as well as transitions between them. Some of these transitions may involve changes in hardware devices and interface paradigms at the same time. Some previous works have proposed various setups for hybrid user interfaces, but none of them focused on the design of transition interactions. Our work emphasizes the importance of interaction continuity as a guideline in the design and evaluation of transitional interfaces within a hybrid user interface (HUI). Finally, an exploratory study demonstrates how this design aspect is perceived by users during transitions in an HUI composed by three interactive environments.

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  1. A video of the system and user interactions is available as supplementary material and at the web address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4jRlIKJSM.

  2. The isomorphic interaction technique suggests “a strict, geometrical, one-to-one correspondence between hand motions in the physical and virtual worlds...” (Bowman et al. 2005).

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank all volunteer users who took part in the experiments. Thanks also to Petrobras, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and FAPERJ for the financial support of this work.

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  1. Computer Graphics Technology Group, Tecgraf, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Felipe G. Carvalho

  2. Computer Institute, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

    Daniela G. Trevisan

  3. Department of Informatics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Alberto Raposo

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Carvalho, F.G., Trevisan, D.G. & Raposo, A. Toward the design of transitional interfaces: an exploratory study on a semi-immersive hybrid user interface. Virtual Reality 16, 271–288 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-011-0205-y

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