3D User Interfaces and Virtual Reality—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue explores methods, technologies, and studies of 3D user interfaces (3DUIs) and virtual reality (VR) in the broad area of human–computer interaction (HCI). HCI is a multidisciplinary field in which researchers study the interface between people and computers, including studies of how people interact with computers, how people interact with each other using computer-mediated communication, and to what extent an interface promotes a successful interaction based on users’ needs. Modern 3D user interfaces can involve motion tracked input devices, 3D interactions, and other interfaces in which a 3D input or environment is a characteristic. Like HCI, 3DUI and VR/AR research lies in the intersection between computer science, behavioral science, design, media studies, and several other fields of study. This Special Issue invites contributions on the technological, creative, perceptual, cognitive, social, and health-related aspects of 3DUI and VR.

We encourage authors to submit original research articles, novel case studies, insightful reviews, theoretical and critical perspectives, and well-argued viewpoint articles on 3D user interfaces and virtual reality, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• 3D input and sensing technologies;
• 3D interaction and metaphors;
• 3D computer-mediated communication;
• 3D gestural input;
• 3D interaction techniques;
• Empirical studies of 3DUIs;
• Novel software architectures for 3DUI;
• Interfaces for VR, AR, or other 3D computer environments;
• Evaluation methods for 3DUIs;
• Human perception of 3D interaction;
• Novel applications of 3DUIs: games, entertainment, CAD, education, etc.;
• Mobile and desktop 3DUIs;
• Multimodal 3D interfaces;
• Hybrid 3DUIs;
• VR navigation;
• AR/VR selection and manipulation.

Of particular interest are articles that critically explore 3D user interface methods in contexts such as games, education, and virtual/augmented/mixed reality.

Dr. Arun K. Kulshreshth
Guest Editor

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• 3D user interfaces (3DUI)
• interfaces
• 3D interactions
• spatial user interaction
• virtual reality (VR)
• augmented reality (AR)
• mixed reality (MR)
• human–computer interaction (HCI)
• user studies