A 3D Interaction Technique for 3D Region Selection using Multiple Multi-touch Touchpads

Abstract

We propose a 3D selection method with multiple multi-touch touchpads. We employ two touchpads, which allows users to rest his arms during manipulation. Our method uses an asymmetric bimanual technique to define a 3D volume which in the best case requires only a single action. The technique also supports other typical manipulations, such as object and camera translation and rotation. The proposed method is compared with a double mice implementation, resulting that subjects interacting with the proposed method were less accurate but quicker to select objects.