Pinpointing
Precise head- and eye-based target selection for AR headsets, adding a refinement step after coarse gaze pointing.
How it works
Gaze or head direction places a cursor near the target; the user then refines it with a secondary input such as head motion or a hand gesture before confirming.
Papers
- Mikko Kytö, Barrett Ens, Thammathip Piumsomboon, Gun A. Lee, Mark Billinghurst (2018). Pinpointing: Precise Head- and Eye-Based Target Selection for Augmented Reality. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems doi:10.1145/3173574.3173655
- Jan Leusmann (2021). A Literature Review on Distant Object Selection Methods. Master's thesis, University of Stuttgart doi:10.18419/opus-12060
- Zhouhao Wu, Qichen Liu, Mingming Zhou (2026). Interaction Techniques for Scientific Data Analysis in Extended Reality. IEEE Access doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3721743