Leveraging Body Interactions to Support Immersive Analytics

Bruno Fruchard (1) , Arnaud Prouzeau (2) , Olivier Chapuis (3, 4, 5) , Eric Lecolinet (6)

1 Saarland University [Saarbrücken]
2 Monash University [Melbourne]
3 ILDA - Interacting with Large Data
4 LRI - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique
5 Université Paris-Saclay
6 LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information

New immersive devices (e.g., virtual or augmented reality) enable displaying large amounts of data in space to better support data analysis. Manipulating this data efficiently is crucial, but challenging because the user must be able to activate various commands or adjust various values while remaining free to move. Using the whole body offers several valuable advantages: 1) The body provides a physical support as an interactive surface, which improves accuracy and makes it less tiring to interact; 2) Using the body does not impair mobility and avoids handling devices; 3) Proprioception makes it possible to interact eyes-free, including for choosing values in a range; 4) By leveraging spatial memory, the body helps memorizing commands, thus interacting in expert mode (i.e., perform quick actions without visual feedback). In this position paper, we analyze various ways of interacting with the body and discuss their advantages and challenges for immersive analytics.

Mots clés: On-body interaction; Gestural interaction; Memorization; Command selection; Data manipulation

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Bruno Fruchard, Arnaud Prouzeau, Olivier Chapuis, Eric Lecolinet. Leveraging Body Interactions to Support Immersive Analytics. CHI 2019 - The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Workshop on Interaction Design & Prototyping for Immersive Analytics, May 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 10 p. ⟨hal-02095993⟩