Sanders, N., Sener, E. orcid.org/0000-0001-5159-0870 and Chen, K.B. (2023) Eliciting Ergonomic User-Defined Gestures for Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67 (1). pp. 1510-1515. ISSN 1071-1813
Abstract
People are increasingly using virtual reality (VR) for work. As a result of extended use, fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders affecting the upper arms and shoulders are already becoming common among VR users. This pilot study presented a “virtual working area” (VWA) to reduce the risk of fatigue resulting from using gestures obtained in gesture elicitation studies, and explored how the distance to the user interface (UI) interacted with different functions (select, scroll) during a mock reading task. Results showed that keeping the hands within the VWA had the potential to reduce Rapid Upper-Body Limb Assessment (RULA) and Borg CR10 scores at clinically significant levels. Scores were worse when the UI was far away and for the select function, suggesting the design of virtual UIs can play a role in eliciting naturalistic yet ergonomic interactions. The results also provide effect sizes and variance estimates to plan future work.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. This is an author produced version of an article published in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Virtual Reality, 3D user interfaces, musculoskeletal disorders, mixed-methods research, RULA, Borg CR10, virtual hands, user-centered design, gesture elicitation study |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2024 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 12:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/21695067231192530 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217394 |