Manipulation of virtual objects through a LeapMotion optical sensor
The purpose of this paper is to present a gesture-based approach for controlling and manipulating remotely virtual objects in a virtual reality environment through a LeapMotion optical sensor. The interaction is performed by a separate software module, which is installed on the same system, where the virtual reality application is put into operation. The software architecture, implementation and user experience details are discussed and evaluated. In comparison to similar techniques our solution has the advantage to be intuitive, to provide means for creation of user interfaces without physical contact to the sensor, having minimal delay while performing the control actions.
Keywords: LeapMotion, Gesture Recognition, Virtual Reality, Multimodal Presentation, Engineering Analysis Results Validation
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Stoyan Kerefeyn
Stoyan Kerefeyn has received BSc. (2010) and MSc. (2012) degrees in computer systems and technologies from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Currently he is PhD student, acting at the Virtual reality lab.
Stoyan Maleshkov
Stoyan Maleshkov has Eng. degree in system and control engineering (1975), master in applied mathematics (1977) and PhD in computer aided system design (1981), all received from the Technical University (TU) of Sofia, Bulgaria. Fulbright scholar (1989–1990) at the Interactive Modeling Research Lab, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. Professor of computer aided engineering and computer graphics at the TU of Sofia. Department chair (2000-2004) and vice dean (2004-2008), both at the TU Sofia. Since 2008: Head of the Virtual reality lab, TU Sofia. Professor of computer graphics at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia, as a second job. IEEE member.
Stoyan Kerefeyn
Stoyan Kerefeyn has received BSc. (2010) and MSc. (2012) degrees in computer systems and technologies from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Currently he is PhD student, acting at the Virtual reality lab.
Stoyan Maleshkov
Stoyan Maleshkov has Eng. degree in system and control engineering (1975), master in applied mathematics (1977) and PhD in computer aided system design (1981), all received from the Technical University (TU) of Sofia, Bulgaria. Fulbright scholar (1989–1990) at the Interactive Modeling Research Lab, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. Professor of computer aided engineering and computer graphics at the TU of Sofia. Department chair (2000-2004) and vice dean (2004-2008), both at the TU Sofia. Since 2008: Head of the Virtual reality lab, TU Sofia. Professor of computer graphics at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia, as a second job. IEEE member.
