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Tim Franklin

Christian Klein

Oscar E Murillo

Mark D Schwesinger

Adam M Smith

Emily Yang

Richard S Bailey

Jordan Dale Andersen

David Bastien

Users move their hands in a three dimensional ('3D') physical interaction zone ('PHIZ') to control a cursor in a user interface (&#x201c;UI&#x201d;) shown on a computer-coupled 2D display such as a television or monitor. The PHIZ is shaped, sized, and positioned relative to the user to ergonomically match the user's natural range of motions so that cursor control is intuitive and comfortable over the entire region on the UI that supports cursor interaction. A motion capture system tracks the user's hand so that the user's 3D motions within the PHIZ can be mapped to the 2D UI. Accordingly, when the user moves his or her hands in the PHIZ, the cursor correspondingly moves on the display. Movement in the z direction (i.e., back and forth) in the PHIZ allows for additional interactions to be performed such as pressing, zooming, 3D manipulations, or other forms of input to the UI.

Ergonomic physical interaction zone cursor mapping

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