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Color picker is a necessary interactive component in visualization system. Current color pickers are based on the WIMP paradigm and are mainly designed for mouse, touch and ray interactions. In the context of immersive and remote interaction, mid-air interaction is an important method. However, common solution of color selection using hands is simulating cursors or rays with fingers, which does not take full advantage of mid-air interaction—intuition, naturalness and remote interaction. This results in fatigue and long selection time. In this paper, we proposed a mid-air interaction metaphor for color selection which enabled users to select hue, saturation and lightness simultaneously using mutually independent and intuitive hand motions. We conducted a user study to evaluate the performance of the interaction technique. Results showed that the metaphor improved the efficiency of color selection with mid-air interaction. Questionnaire results showed that the metaphor enhanced users’ perception of color space; the semantics of hand motions were consistent with users’ intention of color selection; the metaphor was easy to learn and memorize.
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Zhou, W., Li, T., Li, S. et al. Color-in-fist: a metaphor for color selection with mid-air interaction. J Vis 25, 207–218 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-021-00792-w
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