[slashdot] 3D User Interfaces: Theory & Practice [book review]

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3D User Interfaces

Posted by timothy on Mon December 13, 04:20 PM

Martin Ecker writes "Two-dimensional user interfaces (UIs) have been around for a long time, and people are accustomed to using them. However, 3-dimensional user interfaces have not yet received as much exposure. Only a select few applications utilize 3D UIs, some with more success than others. The book 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice (published by Addison-Wesley) attempts to give a broad overview of the field of 3D user interfaces. It discusses the hardware devices and the software techniques required to build successful 3D UIs and gives a number of design guidelines to follow when having to develop new 3D interaction techniques for specific applications."

Read on for the rest of Ecker's review.

http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl...&tid=189&tid=6