New ETHZ masters thesis project available: Content-Aware 3D Navigation with a 2D Mouse
Alec Jacobson
January 29, 2013
Olga Sorkine and I will be hosting a master's thesis project. The project, entitled Content-Aware 3D Navigation with a 2D Mouse is now available, and we are eagerly awaiting applications.
In recent years, many 3D input devices have emerged: 3D mice, haptic pens, hand-tracking gloves. But the ubiquitous 2D mouse isn’t going away any time soon! Here we consider the problem of navigating in a virtual 3D environment with a 2D mouse. Navigation should rely on intuitive and simple gestures, realizable with a standard, single-button mouse. The unprojected 3D-coordinates should respond to the content of the virtual 3D scene without the user needing to change the camera position.
In this thesis, the student will explore user-interface design and 2D mouse gesture recognition in order to build a system that allows easy 3D navigation of complex scenes with a standard 2D mouse. Such navigation is necessary for path design, object placement, object selection, and keyframing for animation. The resulting system will be tested with novice and expert users to scientifically evaluate its effectiveness.
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