Attention funnel: Omnidirectional 3D cursor for mobile augmented reality platforms

Frank Biocca; Arthur Tang; Charles Owen; Fan Xiao

Attention funnel: Omnidirectional 3D cursor for mobile augmented reality platforms

Frank Biocca, Arthur Tang, Charles Owen, Fan Xiao

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Abstract

The attention funnel is a general purpose AR interface technique that interactively guides the attention of a user to any object, person, or place in space. The technique utilizes dynamic perceptual affordances to draw user attention "down" the funnel to the target location. Attention funnel can be used to cue objects completely out of sight including objects behind the user, or occluded by other objects or walls. An experiment evaluating user performance with the attention funnel and other conventional AR attention directing techniques found that the attention funnel increased the consistency of the user's search by 65%, increased search speed by 22%, and decreased mental workload by 18%. The attention funnel has potential applicability as a general 3D cursor or cue in a wide array of spatially enabled mobile and AR systems, and for applications where systems can support users in visual search, object awareness, and emergency warning in indoor and outdoor spaces.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2006
Subtitle of host publication	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings SIGCHI
Pages	1115-1122
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	CHI 2006: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: Apr 22 2006 → Apr 27 2006

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	CHI 2006: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal, QC
Period	4/22/06 → 4/27/06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Keywords

Augmented reality
Mobile computing
Visual attention

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Biocca, F, Tang, A, Owen, C & Xiao, F 2006, Attention funnel: Omnidirectional 3D cursor for mobile augmented reality platforms. in CHI 2006: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings SIGCHI. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 1115-1122, CHI 2006: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4/22/06.

Attention funnel: Omnidirectional 3D cursor for mobile augmented reality platforms. / Biocca, Frank; Tang, Arthur; Owen, Charles et al.
CHI 2006: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings SIGCHI. 2006. p. 1115-1122 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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