Evaluation of a bimanual simultaneous 7DOF interaction technique in virtual environments

Abstract

This paper introduces our novel bimanual interaction technique, Spindle+Wheel that provides simultaneous 7DOF. Spindle+Wheel takes advantage of greater finger dexterity, the “bandwidth-of-the-fingers” and passive haptics, by using a pair of precision-grasp 6DOF isotonic input devices rather than using either a tracked pair of pinch gloves or a pair of power-grasped 6DOF isotonic input devices. Two user studies were conducted to show that our simultaneous 7DOF interaction technique outperforms a previous two-handed technique as well as a one-handed scene-in-hand technique for a 7DOF travel task.