[ACM Press the 9th annual ACM symposium - Seattle, Washington, United States (1996.11.06-1996.11.08)] Proceedings of the 9th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology - UIST '96 - Head-tracked orbital viewing

✍ Scribed by Koller, David R.; Mine, Mark R.; Hudson, Scott E.

• Book ID: 121458851
• Publisher: ACM Press
• Year: 1996
• Weight: 274 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN-13: 9780897917988
• DOI: 10.1145/237091.237103

✦ Synopsis

An interaction technique for immersive virtual environments called "head-tracked orbital viewing" is described. The user's head orientation is tracked and mapped so as to move the viewpoint of the user about the surface of a virtual sphere surrounding a center of rotation. The technique is useful for object examination tasks in a virtual world, allowing the user to quickly and easily view an object from many perspectives.