Look & Pedal: Hands-free Navigation in Zoomable Information Spaces through Gaze-supported Foot Input.
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Contributors
Abstract
For a desktop computer, we investigate how to enhance conventional mouse and keyboard interaction by combining the input modalities gaze and foot. This multimodal approach offers the potential for fluently performing both manual input (e.g., for precise object selection) and gaze-supported foot input (for pan and zoom) in zoomable information spaces in quick succession or even in parallel. For this, we take advantage of fast gaze input to implicitly indicate where to navigate to and additional explicit foot input for speed control while leaving the hands free for further manual input. This allows for taking advantage of gaze input in a subtle and unobtrusive way. We have carefully elaborated and investigated three variants of foot controls incorporating one-, two- and multidirectional foot pedals in combination with gaze. These were evaluated and compared to mouse-only input in a user study using Google Earth as a geographic information system. The results suggest that gaze-supported foot input is feasible for convenient, user-friendly navigation and comparable to mouse input and encourage further investigations of gaze-supported foot controls.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages | 123–130 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Conference
Title | 17th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction |
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Abbreviated title | ICMI 2015 |
Conference number | 17 |
Duration | 9 - 13 November 2015 |
Website | |
Degree of recognition | International event |
Location | Motif Hotel |
City | Seattle |
Country | United States of America |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0003-1467-7031/work/142253333 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-2176-876X/work/151435335 |
Scopus | 84959272010 |
Keywords
Keywords
- multimodal interaction, gaze input, eye tracking, navigation, pan, zoom, foot input, gaze-supported interaction