Design Principles for Desktop 3D User Interfaces - Case Movie Plaza

3D user interfaces in desktop applications are becoming more common and available to all users. However, not many guidelines are available to support desktop 3D user interface design. We derived a set of design principles from the practices of a company specialized to 3D graphics and user interfaces and made a prototype to evaluate these principles. The results of our evaluations show that some of the principles on the structure of the space, navigation and interaction helped users while some others did not have the desired impact. We conclude that design guidelines for 3D user interfaces can be derived from the designers’ practices but research is needed to make principles more specific and to test their affect more