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A comparative study on user performance in the Virtual Dressmaker application

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Markus Wacker,

Stanislav L. Stoev,

Michael Keckeisen,

Wolfgang StraßerAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '03: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

Pages 73 - 80

https://doi.org/10.1145/1008653.1008668

Published: 01 October 2003 Publication History

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We report on a user study, investigating the efficiency of user interaction in a Virtual Reality application compared to 3D desktop applications.The Virtual Dressmaker is a Virtual Reality application for virtual cloth design, assembly, and simulation that supports advanced 6DoF interaction techniques. We conjecture that these interaction techniques are more natural for the users and lead to faster and more precise results than common desktop applications.In our user study we investigate interaction tools for positioning garment patterns in VR and compare the results to interaction with common 3D desktop applications. We measure completion time and precision of the positioned patterns and evaluate the subjective impressions of the users.The results show that Virtual Environments, and the presented interaction tools in particular, provide a valuable method for cloth design and assembly. Moreover, certain features of current 3D desktop design tools can be exploited for further improvements of VR interaction.

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Machado TGomes AWalter M(2009)A Comparison StudyProceedings of the 2009 Latin American Web Congress (la-web 2009)10.1109/LA-WEB.2009.22(29-35)Online publication date: 9-Nov-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/LA-WEB.2009.22
Wacker MKeckeisen MKimmerle SStraßer WLuckas VGroß CFuhrmann ASattler MSarlette RKlein R(2005) Simulation and Visualisation of Virtual Textiles for Virtual Try-On Research Journal of Textile and Apparel10.1108/RJTA-09-01-2005-B0059:1(37-47)Online publication date: Feb-2005
https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-09-01-2005-B005
Keckeisen MFeurer MWacker MLau RBaciu G(2004)Tailor tools for interactive design of clothing in virtual environmentsProceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology10.1145/1077534.1077572(182-185)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1077534.1077572

A comparative study on user performance in the Virtual Dressmaker application
1. Computing methodologies
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2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms

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Machado TGomes AWalter M(2009)A Comparison StudyProceedings of the 2009 Latin American Web Congress (la-web 2009)10.1109/LA-WEB.2009.22(29-35)Online publication date: 9-Nov-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/LA-WEB.2009.22
Wacker MKeckeisen MKimmerle SStraßer WLuckas VGroß CFuhrmann ASattler MSarlette RKlein R(2005) Simulation and Visualisation of Virtual Textiles for Virtual Try-On Research Journal of Textile and Apparel10.1108/RJTA-09-01-2005-B0059:1(37-47)Online publication date: Feb-2005
https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-09-01-2005-B005
Keckeisen MFeurer MWacker MLau RBaciu G(2004)Tailor tools for interactive design of clothing in virtual environmentsProceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology10.1145/1077534.1077572(182-185)Online publication date: 10-Nov-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1077534.1077572

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