Effect of Visual Cues on Pointing Tasks in Co-located Augmented Reality Collaboration

Lei Chen, Yilin Liu, Yue Li, Lingyun Yu, Boyu Gao, Maurizio Caon, Yong Yue, Hai Ning Liang

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Abstract

Visual cues are essential in computer-mediated communication. It is especially important when communication happens in a collaboration scenario that requires focusing several users' attention on a specific object among other similar ones. This paper explores the effect of visual cues on pointing tasks in co-located Augmented Reality (AR) collaboration. A user study (N = 32, 16 pairs) was conducted to compare two types of visual cues: Pointing Line (PL) and Moving Track (MT). Both are head-based visual techniques. Through a series of collaborative pointing tasks on objects with different states (static and dynamic) and density levels (low, medium and high), the results showed that PL was better on task performance and usability, but MT was rated higher on social presence and user preference. Based on our results, some design implications are provided for pointing tasks in co-located AR collaboration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - SUI 2021
Subtitle of host publicationACM Spatial User Interaction 2021
EditorsStephen N. Spencer
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450390910
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Nov 2021
Event9th ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, SUI 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 9 Nov 202110 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - SUI 2021: ACM Spatial User Interaction 2021

Conference

Conference9th ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction, SUI 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period9/11/2110/11/21

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Co-located collaboration
  • Pointing Tasks
  • Visual cues

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