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Improving focus targeting in interactive fisheye views

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CHI '02: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2002

Pages 267 - 274

https://doi.org/10.1145/503376.503424

Published: 20 April 2002 Publication History

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Fisheye views allow people to see both a focus region and the surrounding context in the same window. However, the magnification effects of the fisheye lens can cause several problems for users. One of these is focus-targeting, where a user moves the focus to a new location. Magnification makes focus-targeting difficult because objects appear to move as the focus point approaches them. This paper examines how the distortion of a fisheye view affects focus-targeting performance, and present a technique called speed-coupled flattening (SCF) as a way to improve focus targeting in distortion-oriented views. SCF dynamically reduces the distortion level of a fisheye based on pointer velocity and acceleration. In an experiment, the technique resulted in significant reductions in both targeting time and targeting errors. By adjusting distortion based on the user's activity, we can improve usability without requiring the user to manipulate any additional view controls

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Index Terms

Improving focus targeting in interactive fisheye views
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision tasks
        Video summarization
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interactive systems and tools
  2. Interaction design

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