Fix and Float

Validation level: 5. CHI, UIST, CSCW and TOCHI paper publication

Fix and Float is an object movement technique where you can decide to fix objects to your viewpoint. When you move and navigate your viewpoint, the objects moves with you, implicitly.

Unlike other techniques such as Dragging, you can do other things while moving. It can be used in virtual scenes, but also in text editors.

VR viewpoint gaze drag-and-drop

Publications

Fix and Float: Object Movement By Egocentric Navigation

Conference: UIST Proceedings '97, 1997
By: George Robertson, Stuart Card

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