Survey, Taxonomy and Specification of
3D Widgets, 3D Interaction Techniques and 3D Menus

This work is part of the CONTIGRA research project at TU Dresden, Germany.

	Classification of 3D Widgets
	Survey and Taxonomy of 3D Menus
	Workshops on the specification of MRUI: MRUI 2006, MRUI 2007
	Proposal for the specification of 3D interaction components
	CONTIGRA Research Project
	Related Publications

News

03/2007	Workshop at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2007 Conference: Mixed Reality User Interfaces: Specification, Authoring, Adaptation
01/2007	Computers & Graphics Journal paper "Three-dimensional Menus: A Survey and Taxonomy" published
05/2006	Presentation of the paper "A Survey and Taxonomy of 3D Menus" at EGVE '06
03/2006	Workshop at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2006 Conference: Specification of Mixed Reality User Interfaces: Approaches, Languages, Standardization
03/2005	Presentation of the paper "Three-Dimensional Widgets Revisited - Towards Future Standardization" at the IEEE VR 2005 Workshop "New Directions in 3D User interfaces"
12/2004	Publication of the doctoral thesis "A Declarative Component Architecture and Widgets for 3D Multimedia Applications" (sorry, only in German)

Description

One step into the direction of standardizing the development of three-dimensional user interfaces is to classify 3D interaction techniques and 3D widgets. Since these 3D components are different from user interface components in 2D they need a different classification scheme than in traditional WIMP-interfaces. Within the classification of 3D widgets we focus on widgets and interaction techniques with a geometric representation. Especially the field of application or system controls was not addressed sufficiently in previous research. That is why we also presented a survey and taxonomy of three-dimensional menus.

In addition to the classification of 3D widgets and interaction techniques it is especially important to consistently specify 3D interaction elements in all fields of the mixed reality continuum, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Desktop-VR. To discuss the state of the art and research in this field, the workshop "Specification of Mixed Reality User Interfaces: Approaches, Languages, Standardization" was held at IEEE VR 2006. This was a joint effort of Raimund Dachselt, Pablo Figueroa, and Irma Lindt. They also contributed a "Conceptual Model and Specification Language for Mixed Reality Interface Components". At IEEE Virtual Reality 2007 there was the follow-up workshop on Mixed Reality User Interfaces MRUI 2007.

For improvements and suggestions please contact: Dr.-Ing. Raimund Dachselt
© 2003-2007 Raimund Dachselt, Dresden University of Technology