Observers judged whether 2 successive computer-displayed rotations of a cube were the same or different. With respect to the observers, each rotation was about a vertical axis (Y), a horizontal (line-of-sight) axis (Z), an axis tilted just 10 degrees from vertical or horizontal, or a maximally oblique axis. Independently, with respect to the cube, each rotation was about a symmetry axis through...

We examined the role of gaze in a task where subjects had to reproduce the position of a remembered visual target with the tip of the index finger, referred to as pointing. Subjects were tested in 3 visual feedback conditions: complete darkness (dark), complete darkness with visual feedback of the finger position (finger), and with vision of a well-defined environment and feedback of the finger...

In this paper, we show how to use the combination of eye-gaze and a touch-sensitive mouse to ease pointing tasks in graphical user interfaces. A touch of the mouse positions the mouse pointer at the current gaze position of the user. Thus, the pointer is always at the position where the user expects it on the screen. This approach changes the user experience in tasks that include frequent switc...

Introduction: One crucial point when calculating the distribution of doses with ions is the uncertainty of the Bragg peak. The proton ranges in determined geometries like homogeneous phantoms and detector geometries can be calculated with a number of various parameterization models. Several different parameterizations of the range-energy relationship exist, with different level...

In point-and-click interfaces the location of targets is sometimes known to the user before visually identifying it, and sometimes not. This experiment investigates how pointing is affected by whether the target location is precued so that users know it in advance or non-precued so that users learn it only at the onset of pointing trials. We investigate this for young, adult, and elderly partic...

Research on emerging sign languages suggests that younger may make greater use of the z-axis, moving outwards from body, than more established when describing relationships between participants and events (Padden et al. 2010). This has been suggested to reflect a transition iconicity rooted in body (Meir 2007) towards abstract schematic iconicity. We present results an experimental investigatio...

We analyse the helical motion of organisms, concentrating on the means by which organisms change the direction in space of the axis of the helical trajectory, which is the net direction of motion. We demonstrate that the direction of the axis is determined largely by the direction of the organism's rotational velocity. Changes in direction of the rotational velocity, with respect to the organis...

This article presents the concept and estimates of the pointing-knowledge accuracy of a star tracker-based acquisition, tracking, and pointing system. The major advantages of this technology are (1) no requirement for a costly groundbased laser beacon, (2) a large mission range beyond the solar system, and (3) a heritage of mature star tracker technology. The key concept is to combine highaccur...