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Pointing movements visually controlled through a video display: a new device for air traffic control?

Published: 28 August 2007 Publication History

Abstract

Motivation -- Development of new devices for the human-computer interaction allows more efficiency. The aim of this study is to determine in light of motor control theories, what condition of use of digitizing tablet technology is the most efficient for Air Traffic Control (ATC).
Research approach -- 24 participants were instructed to perform aiming movements, as fast and accurate as possible in three distinct conditions. The pointing movements had been carried out either directly on the tablet, or through a video screen capable of displaying the feedback of the hand, or through a video screen without the feedback of the arm.
Findings/Design -- The data reveal that pointing movements through a video display seems to be usable only if feedback of the location of the arm is displayed. With this feedback, the error rate is similar to pointing movements carried out directly on a tablet. However, the movement time is doubled.
Originality/Value -- This experiment takes dimensions of motor behaviour into account in order to explain performance differences between devices.
Take away message -- Informational constraints on planning and controlling aiming movements could be used to predict and understand the differences between pointing devices in human-computer interaction.

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    ECCE '07: Proceedings of the 14th European conference on Cognitive ergonomics: invent! explore!
    August 2007
    334 pages
    ISBN:9781847998491
    DOI:10.1145/1362550
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    • SIGCHI: Specialist Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction of the ACM
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    • Middlesex University, London, School of Computing Science
    • European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory
    • EACE: European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
    • Brunel University, West London, Department of Information Systems and Computing

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    1. Fitts'law
    2. computer aiming devices
    3. performance evaluation
    4. video display

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