Concept-Oriented Design in Chasm: Conversational Domain Language Inspired 3D User Interface Design and Development

........................................................................................................ II ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..................................................................................... III TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................... V LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................... XI LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................ XIII CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 1.1. Motivation...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Problem Statement and Approach ............................................................................................................ 1 1.3. Concept-Oriented Design in Chasm.......................................................................................................... 4 1.4. Research Questions ...................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4.1. RQ1 – The Investigation Chapter 3 .................................................................................................... 6 1.4.2. RQ2 – Concept-Oriented Design Chapter 4....................................................................................... 6 1.4.3. RQ3 Chasm Chapter 5 ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.4.4. RQ4 Evaluation Chapter 6 ................................................................................................................ 6 1.5. Motivating Example: SSWIM .................................................................................................................... 7 1.6. Summary of Work........................................................................................................................................ 9 CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND AND RELATED WORK................................... 10 2.1. Background: 3D Interaction Design and Development........................................................................ 10 2.1.1. 3D Interaction Techniques................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.2. Toolkit Features and Functionality ..................................................................................................... 12 2.1.3. 3DUI Domain Tools............................................................................................................................. 13 2.1.4. 3D Interface Development Difficulties............................................................................................... 13 2.1.5. Standard Reusable Components .......................................................................................................... 14 2.1.6. 3D Interaction Design and Development Summary .......................................................................... 15 2.2. Background: Software Design and Development.................................................................................. 15 2.2.1. Software Modularity and Decomposition........................................................................................... 15 2.2.1.1. Meyer’s Criteria ........................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.1.2. Decomposition.............................................................................................................................. 16 2.2.2. Software Engineering Approaches...................................................................................................... 18 2.2.2.1. Event-Based Programming.......................................................................................................... 18 2.2.2.2. Dataflow Programming................................................................................................................ 19 2.2.2.3. Visual Programming Languages ................................................................................................. 19 2.2.2.4. Unified Modeling Language (UML)........................................................................................... 20