Conference
Proceedings Graphics Inteface 2017 (GI 2017), 2017, pp. 74-81
APA
Chen, Z., Healey, C. G., & Amant, R. S. (2017). Performance characteristics of a camera-based tangible input device for manipulation of 3D information (pp. 74–81).
Chicago/Turabian
Chen, Z., C. G. Healey, and R. St. Amant. “Performance Characteristics of a Camera-Based Tangible Input Device for Manipulation of 3D Information.” In , 74–81, 2017.
MLA
Chen, Z., et al. Performance Characteristics of a Camera-Based Tangible Input Device for Manipulation of 3D Information. 2017, pp. 74–81.
This paper describes a prototype tangible six degree of freedom (6 DoF) input device that is inexpensive and intuitive to use: a cube with colored corners of specific shapes, tracked by a single camera, with pose estimated in real time. A tracking and automatic color adjustment system are designed so that the device can work robustly with noisy surroundings and is invariant to changes in lighting and background noise. A system evaluation shows good performance for both refresh (above 60 FPS on average) and accuracy of pose estimation (average angular error of about 1). A user study of 3D rotation tasks shows that the device outperforms other 6 DoF input devices used in a similar desktop environment. The device has the potential to facilitate interactive applications such as games as well as viewing 3D information.