BibTex
@inproceedings{Smith:2019:10.20380/GI2019.20,
author = {Smith, Jesse and Wang, Isaac and Woodward, Julia and Ruiz, Jaime},
title = {Experimental Analysis of Single Mode Switching Techniques in Augmented Reality},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2019},
series = {GI 2019},
year = {2019},
issn = {0713-5424},
isbn = {978-0-9947868-4-5},
location = {Kingston, Ontario},
numpages = {8},
doi = {10.20380/GI2019.20},
publisher = {Canadian Information Processing Society},
}Supplementary Media
Abstract
This paper presents an empirical evaluation of mode switching techniques for Augmented Reality (AR) headsets. We conducted a quantitative analysis exploring five techniques for switching between modes: a hardware button press, 3D virtual button press, non-preferred hand, reach depth, and voice. Results from our study support the benefits of non-preferred mode switching, showing non-preferred and depth mode switching to be faster than voice and the virtual button techniques. Depth, however, had significantly more errors compared to the other techniques. Our work lays a foundation for developers to design new mode switching techniques and guides the design of current hardware solutions around choosing techniques that best compliment application use.