Usability of Direct Manipulation Interaction Methods for Augmented Reality Environments Using Smartphones and Smartglasses

Alexander Ohlei*, Daniel Wessel, Michael Herczeg

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

This contribution presents a study examining five different interaction methods for manipulating objects in augmented reality (AR). Three of them were implemented on a smartglass (virtual buttons, swipe pad of a smartglass, remote control via the touchscreen of a smartwatch) and two of them on a smartphone (virtual buttons, touch interaction). 32 participants were asked to scale and rotate a virtual 3D object. We studied the usability of the interaction methods by measuring effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of the users. The results of the study showed that smartphone interaction is superior to any of the studied smartglass interaction methods. Of the interaction methods implemented for the smartglass, the interaction via smartwatch shows the highest usability. Our findings suggest that smartwatches offer higher grades of usability when interacting with virtual objects rather than using the swipe pad of the smartglass or virtual buttons.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAVR 2019: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics
EditorsLucio Tommaso De Paolis, Patrick Bourdot
Number of pages15
Volume11614 LNCS
PublisherSpringer, Cham
Publication date28.07.2019
Pages84-98
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-25998-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-25999-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28.07.2019
Event6th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics
- Santa Maria al Bagno, Italy
Duration: 24.06.201927.06.2019
Conference number: 229479

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