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A platform for developing and fine tuning adaptive 3D navigation techniques for the immersive web

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Carlos AndujarAuthors Info & Claims

Web3D '21: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on 3D Web Technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3485444.3487643

Published: 11 December 2021 Publication History

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Navigating through a virtual environment is one of the major user tasks in the 3D web. Although hundreds of interaction techniques have been proposed to navigate through 3D scenes in desktop, mobile and VR headset systems, 3D navigation still poses a high entry barrier for many potential users. In this paper we discuss the design and implementation of a test platform to facilitate the creation and fine-tuning of interaction techniques for 3D navigation. We support the most common navigation metaphors (walking, flying, teleportation). The key idea is to let developers specify, at runtime, the exact mapping between user actions and virtual camera changes, for any of the supported metaphors. We demonstrate through many examples how this method can be used to adapt the navigation techniques to various people including persons with no previous 3D navigation skills, elderly people, and people with disabilities.

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Web3D '21: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on 3D Web Technology

November 2021

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ISBN:9781450390958

DOI:10.1145/3485444

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Marco Potenziani
ISTI-CNR, Italy
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ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Yvonne Jung
Hochschule Fulda , Germany

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Munoz-Pandiella IBosch CGuardia MCayuela BPogliani PBordi GPaschali MAndujar CCharalambous P(2024)Digital 3D models for medieval heritage: diachronic analysis and documentation of its architecture and paintingsPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-024-01816-628:3-4(521-547)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2024
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Kamal AAndujar C(2022)Designing, testing and adapting navigation techniques for the immersive webComputers and Graphics10.1016/j.cag.2022.05.015106:C(66-76)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.cag.2022.05.015

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