August 2013
Beginner to intermediate
1264 pages
52h 45m
English
While human-computer interaction is a field in itself, certain interaction techniques use a substantial amount of the mathematics of transformations, and therefore are more suitable for a book like ours than one that concentrates on the design of the interaction and the human factors associated with that design. We illustrate these ideas with a multitouch interface for 2D manipulation, and three 3D manipulators: the arcball, trackball, and Unicam. In each case we discuss the mathematics, but also the design choices made in creating the interaction technique.
We begin with a discussion of some basic ideas in interaction that everyone in graphics should know. Section 21.3 discusses an implementation ...
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