Occlusion selection
Also known as Sticky Finger
Select the object that the fingertip or hand covers from the user's point of view.
How it works
A ray from the eye through the hand or fingertip picks the object hidden behind the hand in the user's view (an image-plane technique).
Papers
- Ferran Argelaguet, Carlos Andujar (2013). A survey of 3D object selection techniques for virtual environments. Computers & Graphics doi:10.1016/j.cag.2012.12.003
- J. S. Pierce, A. Forsberg, M. J. Conway, S. Hong, R. C. Zeleznik, M. R. Mine (1997). Image plane interaction techniques in 3D immersive environments. ACM I3D doi:10.1145/253284.253303
- Susu Huang, Daqing Qi, Jiabin Yuan, Huawei Tu (2019). Review of studies on target acquisition in virtual reality based on the crossing paradigm. Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware doi:10.3724/sp.j.2096-5796.2019.0006
- Douglas A. Bowman (1999). Interaction Techniques for Common Tasks in Immersive Virtual Environments: Design, Evaluation, and Application. PhD thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology link
- Doug A. Bowman, Ernst Kruijff, Joseph J. LaViola Jr., Ivan Poupyrev (2004). 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice. Addison-Wesley, Boston (ISBN 0-201-75867-9)