Fluid integration of rotation and translation

Kruger, R., Carpendale, S., Scott, S., and Tang, A. (2005). Fluid integration of rotation and translation. In CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 601--610.

Abstract

Previous research has shown that rotation and orientation of items plays three major roles during collaboration: comprehension, coordination and communication. Based on these roles of orientation and advice from kinesiology research, we have designed the Rotate'N Translate (RNT) interaction mechanism, which provides integrated control of rotation and translation using only a single touch-point for input. We present an empirical evaluation comparing RNT to a common rotation mechanism that separates control of rotation and translation. Results of this study indicate RNT is more efficient than the separate mechanism and better supports the comprehension, coordination and communication roles of orientation.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2005-chi2005-rnt.pdf)
DOI (http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055055)

Keywords

Fluid interactions, rotation, translation, orientation, roles of orientation, tabletop collaboration, communicative gestures

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kruger2005fluid,
  year = {2005},
  type = {conference},
  title = {Fluid integration of rotation and translation},
  publisher = {ACM},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2005-chi2005-rnt.pdf},
  pages = {601--610},
  location = {Portland, Oregon, USA},
  keywords = {Fluid interactions, rotation, translation, orientation, roles of orientation,
tabletop collaboration, communicative gestures},
  isbn = {1-58113-998-5},
  doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055055},
  date-modified = {2014-01-17 05:28:25 +0000},
  booktitle = {CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems},
  author = {Kruger, Russell and Carpendale, Sheelagh and Scott, Stacey D. and Tang,
Anthony},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  abstract = {Previous research has shown that rotation and orientation of items
plays three major roles during collaboration: comprehension, coordination and
communication. Based on these roles of orientation and advice from kinesiology
research, we have designed the Rotate'N Translate (RNT) interaction mechanism,
which provides integrated control of rotation and translation using only a
single touch-point for input. We present an empirical evaluation comparing
RNT to a common rotation mechanism that separates control of rotation and translation.
Results of this study indicate RNT is more efficient than the separate mechanism
and better supports the comprehension, coordination and communication roles
of orientation.},
}