From: Lorenzo Pastrana [lpastrana@altern.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:32 AM
To: bowman@vt.edu
Subject: Re: text/number input in VEs

Well, you might know this allready, but I thought it could  be related..
I remembered that Ken Perlin had a virtual keyboard model that was based on
gesture (mostly hand-pc + pen)..

http://mrl.nyu.edu/projects/quikwriting/
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/

Don't know if it is the one you're using allready though..

Cheers.

Lo.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Bowman" <bowman@vt.edu>
To: "3dui List" <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>
Cc: "Chris Rhoton" <crhoton@vt.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:36 PM
Subject: text/number input in VEs


> Greetings everyone!
>
> It's been awfully quiet on the 3DUI list lately. I wanted to
> remind everyone that the list is here and still active. There
> are lots of you out there - consider sending a message to the
> list updating us on your current research, asking a question,
> or raising a topic for discussion!
>
> Along those lines, let me suggest a discussion topic. I've
> been working on methods for entering text and numeric data
> in immersive VEs where no standard keyboard is available. You
> may have seen the Pinch Keyboard technique we presented at
> HCI International 2001. I'm firmly convinced that such techniques
> are necessary and useful in many VE applications, but others
> apparently don't see the need. What do you think? Is text/
> number entry an important task for immersive VEs? Why or why not?
>
> On a related note, I'm looking for references in this area. I
> know about Ivan's virtual notepad, and several other "virtual
> keyboards" (not used in VEs, but could be applied there).
> Has anyone used a chord keyboard, soft keyboard, or speech for
> text/number entry in an immersive VE? Any usability or performance
> results?
>
> We're currently doing a study comparing the pinch keyboard with
> a Twiddler 2 chord keyboard and a soft keyboard using the pen &
> tablet technique.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
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