A survey of plasticity in 3D user interfaces

J Multimodal User Interfaces

et al. 2017

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We propose D3PART (Dynamic 3D Plastic And Redistribuable Technology), a model to handle redistribution for 3D user interfaces. Redistribution consists in changing the components distribution of an interactive system across different dimensions such as, platform, display and user. Our work is based on previous models for the creation of 3D plastic user interfaces, interactive systems that can handle the context of use modifications while preserving usability. In our previous work, we proposed a task model, a device model and an application component model for the creation of plastic user interfaces that handle the 3D specificities. With D3PART, we extend these models in order to include redistribution capabilities. The final solution lets developers create applications where 3D content and tasks can be automatically redistributed across the different dimensions at runtime. The proposed redistribution process is based on a client-server architecture with a meta-user interface to control the redistri

Section: Discussion and Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some solutions exist for the creation of reconfigurable 3D applications [14] or 3D adaptive ones [23], and some recent approaches tend to bring plasticity to 3D with a focus on recasting [16] [21]. A complete survey of plasticity for 3D user interfaces (3DUI)'s is given in [20].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Providing plasticity and redistribution for 3D user interfaces using the D3PART model

J Multimodal User Interfaces

et al. 2017

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“…To handle the plasticity property for interaction techniques, our models have to take into account a set of 3D requirements such as some reported by Lacoche et al in [12]:…”

Section: Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Code interoperability and usability continuity has to be guaranteed to be considered as plastic. Plasticity has already been well explored in the field of 2D user interfaces, however it has been reported in [12] that the problem is even larger for 3D and that no solution meets all the plasticity requirements.…”

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confidence: 99%

Plasticity for 3D user interfaces

Proceedings of the 7th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

et al. 2015

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a) (b) (c) Figure 1: Different ways to complete a Selection and Manipulation task with the proposed interaction model (a) A 3D-ray based interaction controlled by a razer hydra is used (b) Without this device connected, the ray is now controlled with the mouse (c) With the leap motion, another interaction technique is chosen, a 3D-cursor controlled with the user's hand. ABSTRACTThis paper introduces a new device model and a new interaction technique model to deal with plasticity issues for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). We aim to provide developers with solutions to use and create interaction techniques that will fit to the needed tasks of a 3D application and to the input and output devices available. The device model introduces a new description of inputs and outputs devices that includes capabilities, limitations and representations in the real world. We also propose a new way to develop interaction techniques with an approach based on PAC and ARCH models. These techniques are implemented independently of the concrete devices used thanks to the proposed device model. Moreover, our approach aims to facilitate the portability of interaction techniques over different target OS and 3D framework.

“…Some tools already exist for developing user interfaces that take into account the plasticity property, especially for 2D. However, the problem is even larger for 3D and for now no solution meets all the plasticity requirements [14]. Indeed, during the development of 3D user interfaces, designers and developers have to handle a lot of input and output devices [2], a lot of interaction techniques [2,10], a lot of possible kinds of target users and a lot of ways to present content.…”

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confidence: 99%

3DPlasticToolkit: Plasticity for 3D User Interfaces

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

et al. 2019

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The goal of plasticity is to ensure usability continuity whatever the context of use. This context must be modeled into the system and possibly taken into account to adapt the final application. The difficulty to handle plasticity for 3D applications comes from the lack of solutions for developers and designers to model and take these constraints into account. This paper introduces new models designed to deal with plasticity for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). These models are implemented in a software solution: 3DPlasticToolkit. It aims to provide a solution for developing 3D applications that can automatically fit any context of use. This context of use includes a set of 3D hardware and environmental constraints, such as user preferences and available interaction devices. 3DPlasticToolkit includes tools for modeling this context and for creating application components independently from it. We propose an adaptation engine based on a scoring algorithm to dynamically create the most suited 3D user interfaces according to the context of use at runtime. We use a furniture planning scenario to show how these adaptations can impact interactions and content presentation.