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Impact of Key Shape and Dimension on Text Entry in Virtual Reality

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Tafadzwa Joseph Dube,

Ahmed Sabbir ArifAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382882

Published: 25 April 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Virtual Qwerty is the most popular method of text entry in virtual reality. Since virtual keyboards are not constrained by the physical limitations of actual keyboards, designers are taking the liberty of designing novelty keys for these keyboards. However, it is unknown whether key design affects text entry performance or user experience. This work presents results of a user study that investigated the effects of different key shapes and dimensions on text entry performance and user experience. Results revealed that key shape affects text entry speed, dimension affects accuracy, while both affect user experience. Overall, square-shaped 3D keys yielded the best actual and perceived performance, also was the most preferred by the users.

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1. Human-centered computing
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