Written by the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia, this book is an excellent
guide to the methods of usability engineering. The book provides the tools needed to avoid …

Information Visualization: Perception for Design, Fourth Edition explores the art and science
of why we see objects the way we do. Based on the science of perception and vision, the …

Interactions within virtual environments often require manipulating 3D virtual objects. To this
end, researchers have endeavoured to find efficient solutions using either traditional input …

Recent gains in the performance of 3D graphics hardware and rendering systems have not
been matched by a corresponding improvement in our knowledge of how to interact with the …

Arcball is an input technique for 3-D computer graphics, using a mouse to adjust the spatial
orientation of an object. In Arcball, human factors and mathematical fundamentals come …

This dissertation defines and explores Graspable User Interfaces, an evolution of the input
mechanisms used in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). A Graspable UI design provides users …

Semiotic approaches to design have recently shown that systems are messages sent from
designers so users. In this paper we examine the nature of such messages and show that …

Various interaction techniques have been developed for interactive 3D environments. This
paper presents an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the state of the art of non …

A system for displaying documents on a computer controlled display device is disclosed.
The system displays documents either in a completely free-form, user controlled configura …

ABSTRACT A novel input device called the Rockin'Mouse is described and evaluated. The
Rockin'Mouse is a four degree-of-freedom input device that has the same shape as a …