CHAPTER 12 Physical Browsing and Selection—Easy Interaction with Ambient Services

Pasi Välkkynen, Johan Plomp,Timo Tuomisto

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

  • 12.1 Introduction to Physical Browsing 304
  • 12.2 Why Ambient Services Need Physical Browsing Solutions 305
  • 12.3 Physical Selection 306
    • 12.3.1 Concepts and Vocabulary 306
    • 12.3.2 Touching 306
    • 12.3.3 Pointing 307
    • 12.3.4 Scanning 308
    • 12.3.5 Visualizing Physical Hyperlinks 309
  • 12.4 Selection as an Interaction Task 309
    • 12.4.1 Selection in Desktop Computer Systems 310
    • 12.4.2 About the Choice of Selection Technique 310
    • 12.4.3 Selection in Immersive Virtual Environments 311
    • 12.4.4 Selection with Laser Pointers 312
    • 12.4.5 The Mobile Terminal as an Input Device 314

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