NuNav3D: A touch-less, body-driven interface for 3D navigation

Abstract

We introduce NuNav3D, a body-driven 3D navigation interface for large displays and immersive scenarios. While 3D navigation is a core component of VR applications, certain situations, like remote displays in public or large visualization environments, do not allow for using a navigation controller or prop. NuNav3D maps hand motions, obtained from a pose recognition framework which is driven by a depth sensor, to a virtual camera manipulator, allowing for direct control of 4 DOFs of navigation. We present the NuNav3D navigation scheme and our preliminary user study results under two scenarios, a path-following case with tight geometrical constraints and an open space exploration case, while comparing our method against a traditional joypad controller.