Enhancing 2D GUIs with 3D input devices

Issue title: Knowledge-based Modes of Human-Computer Interaction

Guest editors: Maria Virvou and George A. Tsihrintzis

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Patsakis, Constantinos | Alexandris, Nikolaos^{; *}

Affiliations: Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli and Dimitriou St. 18534 Piraeus, Greece | Department of Informatics, The University of Piraeus, 80, Karaoli & Dimitriou St., 185 34 Piraeus Greece

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: This paper discusses the reasons why we should further adopt the use of three dimentional input devices in our common two dimensional environments. We make a case study using the Wiimote, Nintendo's main input device for the Wii console, in order to extract some useful data from user interaction.

DOI: 10.3233/IDT-2010-0081

Journal: Intelligent Decision Technologies, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 211-216, 2010