TwistMouse for simultaneous translation and rotation

dc.contributor.author	Hannagan, Jacqui	en_NZ
dc.date.copyright	2007-11-14	en_NZ
dc.identifier.citation	Hannagan, J. (2007, November 14). TwistMouse for simultaneous translation and rotation (Dissertation, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1176	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1176
dc.description.abstract	A common task in many computer applications is positioning objects on the screen. In real life one would simply move the object on the two dimensional plane in one seamless motion translating and rotating simultaneously. These actions must be performed separately with a standard computer mouse when positioning two dimensional (2D) objects. In the forty years since the first computer mouse was invented several alternative input devices have been produced and evaluated. Most have been developed for a specific domain and studies have consistently shown a standard mouse is still preferred for pointing performance. This study proposes a mouse input device, the TwistMouse, with three degrees of freedom: horizontal (x), vertical (y) and rotational (z) on a two dimensional plane which can be used to simultaneously translate and rotate for improved efficiency, effectiveness and user satisfaction in object positioning tasks on screen. In all other respects it acts like a standard contemporary computer mouse. This report presents a methodology for evaluating such a device with a task adapted from real world business applications. The positioning mode of the TwistMouse, a standard mouse and a mouse which is set up to use the wheel for rotation are assessed using a single prototype device. One mode performed significantly better than the others in this study; but it was the wheel mouse mode and not the TwistMouse mode as hypothesised.	en_NZ
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dc.subject.lcsh	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science	en_NZ
dc.subject.lcsh	QA76 Computer software	en_NZ
dc.title	TwistMouse for simultaneous translation and rotation	en_NZ
dc.type	Dissertation	en_NZ
dc.description.version	Unpublished	en_NZ
otago.bitstream.pages	119	en_NZ
otago.date.accession	2008-02-19	en_NZ
otago.school	Information Science	en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline	Information Science	en_NZ
thesis.degree.name	Bachelor of Commerce with Honours
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Otago	en_NZ
thesis.degree.level	Honours Dissertations	en_NZ
otago.openaccess	Open
dc.identifier.eprints	737	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Multimedia Systems Research Laboratory	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Information Science	en_NZ
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