3D Selection Vault

FOLLOW-ME

Virtual guides around each object that slow the cursor and steer it onto the target as it approaches.

How it works

The space around each object is split into three zones. Far away, the control-display gain is 1 or higher; in the middle zone it is reduced for precision; in the innermost zone a virtual guide constrains the cursor's motion towards the object. It can be added to other techniques.

Papers

• Nassima Ouramdane, Samir Otmane, Frédéric Davesne, Malik Mallem (2006). FOLLOW-ME: a new 3D interaction technique based on virtual guides and granularity of interaction. ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications (VRCIA) doi:10.1145/1128923.1128945
• Matthias Weise, Raphael Zender, Ulrike Lucke (2019). A Comprehensive Classification of 3D Selection and Manipulation Techniques. Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2019 doi:10.1145/3340764.3340777