Designing user interfaces for interacting with 3D data involves a number of factors that are not found in traditional 2D interfaces. In this project, we explore subtle yet critical aspects of 3D control and feedback. A number of research outcomes have been integrated into several Autodesk products and we continue to explore this complex area.
While advances in computing have empowered users to design and interact with objects in virtual three-dimensional space, little effort has been made to improve or facilitate the fundamental task of interacting with the viewpoint. Once we begin to consider this problem, we find that it effectively spans a huge problem domain with many special cases.
3D freeform design is one of the most challenging tasks to support in a software application. Even the conceptually simplest 3D forms can be difficult to produce with existing applications. We have been exploring alternative input devices and new interaction paradigms to better support the initial design process of 3D design, from large display systems to pure-inference sketching interfaces.
James McCrae, Michael Glueck, Tovi Grossman, Azam Khan & Karan Singh. (2010).
Exploring the Design Space of Multiscale 3D Orientation
AVI 2010 Conference Proceedings:
Advanced Visual Interfaces Conference.
pp. 81 - 88.
Michael Glueck, Sean Anderson & Azam Khan. (2010).
DeskCube: using Physical Zones to Select and Control Combinations of 3D Navigation Operations
SimAUD 2010 Conference Proceedings:
Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design.
pp. 41-44.
Invited Paper
Ryan Schmidt, Azam Khan, Karan Singh & Gord Kurtenbach. (2009).
Analytic Drawing of 3D Scaffolds
ACM Transactions on Graphics, SIGGRAPH ASIA Issue.
December 2009, 28(5).
10 pages.
Ryan Schmidt, Azam Khan, Gord Kurtenbach & Karan Singh. (2009).
On Expert Performance in 3D Curve-Drawing Tasks
SBIM 2009 Conference Proceedings:
EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling.
pp. 133-140.
Lode Vanacken, Tovi Grossman & Karin Coninx. (2009).
Multimodal selection techniques for dense and occluded 3D virtual environments
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.
March 2009, 67(3).
pp. 237-255.
Special Issue on Current Trends in 3D User Interface Research
James McCrae, Igor Mordatch, Michael Glueck & Azam Khan. (2009).
Multiscale 3D Navigation
I3D 2009 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 7-14.
Michael Glueck, Keenan Crane, Sean Anderson, Andres Rutnik & Azam Khan. (2009).
Multiscale 3D Reference Visualization
I3D 2009 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 225-232.
George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Igor Mordatch, Azam Khan & Gord Kurtenbach. (2008).
Safe 3D Navigation
I3D 2008 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 7-15.
Azam Khan, Igor Mordatch, George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka & Gord Kurtenbach. (2008).
ViewCube: A 3D Orientation Indicator and Controller
I3D 2008 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 17-25.
Nicolas Burtnyk, Azam Khan, George Fitzmaurice & Gord Kurtenbach. (2006).
ShowMotion: Camera Motion based 3D Design Review
I3D 2006 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 167-174.
Azam Khan, Ben Komalo, Jos Stam, George Fitzmaurice & Gord Kurtenbach. (2005).
HoverCam: Interactive 3D Navigation for Proximal Object Inspection
I3D 2005 Conference Proceedings:
ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics.
pp. 73-80.
Ravin Balakrishnan, George Fitzmaurice & Gord Kurtenbach. (2001).
User Interfaces for Volumetric Displays
IEEE Computer.
March 2001, 34(3).
pp. 37-45.
Igor Mordatch
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