From: Doug Bowman [bowman@cs.vt.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 2:15 PM
To: 3dui List
Subject: comparing VE displays

Hi everyone,

I know I've been quiet for quite a while (getting settled at Va. Tech),
and the list has been quiet too, so let me throw out a question we can
all sink our teeth into.

I'm interested in comparisons of the various displays available for
VEs (desktop mono, desktop stereo, workbench, HMD, CAVE, etc.), particularly
in terms of how the various displays map to 1) applications and
2) interaction techniques.

I haven't seen any empirical work on this topic (but if so please point
me to it), but I'd like to get your intuitive feelings on this:

-given a VE application, how do you decide what type of display to use?
-what interaction techniques (or types of techniques) work well in
conjunction with the various displays?
-can we systematically design techniques or interfaces that will be
"portable" across the range of displays?
-what do you think are some other relevant research questions in this
area?

Looking forward to your responses.

--Doug

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