Cognitive comparison of 3D interaction in front of large vs. small displays

Abstract

This paper presents some experimental results on the comparison of users performance for different kinds of 3D interaction tasks (travel, manipulation), when using either a standard desktop display or a large immersive display. The main results of our experimentation are the following: first, not all users benefit similarly from the use of large displays, and second, the gains of performance strongly depend on the nature of the interaction task. To explain these results, we borrow some tools from cognitive science in order to identify one cognitive factor (visual attention) that is involved in the difference of performance that can be observed.

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“…Further, they found that the benefit of using a large display strongly depends on the kind of tasks performed on it: The benefit of large screens was found to be restricted to tasks in which users have to take on an egocentric strategy [26]. However, this finding could not be replicated by Tyndiuk et al [29] who found that large displays are beneficial for both, ego-and exocentric tasks.…”

“…Analyzing the influence of screen properties on spatial memory has shown that large displays lead to a greater sense of presence and a higher level of immersion which positively influences users' spatial memory performance [26,29]. For example, Tan et al [26,27] showed that physically large displays increase performance on spatial tasks such as 3D navigation, mental map formation and memory tasks.…”

“…Results show that users perform better in mental map formation and memory tasks on a large display because they feel more immersed into the environment compared to a small screen. Tyndiuk et al [29] investigated the influence of display size on spatial memory and showed that not all users benefit from the use of large displays as only users with high visual selective attention abilities performed better on large displays. Rädle et al [23] focused on peephole navigation and analyzed the effect of peephole size on users' map navigation behavior, navigation performance, and task load.…”

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