@inproceedings{, author = {Pfeuffer, Ken; Dinc, Abdullatif; Obernolte, Jan; Rivu, Radiah; Abdrabou, Yasmeen; Schelter, Franziska; Abdelrahman, Yomna; Alt, Florian}, title = {Bi-3D: Bi-Manual Pen-and-Touch Interaction for 3D Manipulation on Tablets}, editor = {}, booktitle = {UIST ’21: Proceedings of the 34th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology}, series = {}, journal = {}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, edition = {}, year = {2021}, isbn = {}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {149-161}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474741}, doi = {}, keywords = {}, abstract = {Tablets are attractive for design work anywhere, but 3D manipulations are notoriously difficult. We explore how engaging the stylus and multi-touch in concert can render such tasks easier. We introduce Bi-3D, an interaction concept where touch gestures are combined with 2D pen commands for 3D manipulation. For example, for a fast and intuitive 3D drag & drop technique: the pen drags the object on-screen, and parallel pinch-to-zoom moves it in the third dimension. In this paper, we describe the Bi-3D design space, crossing two-handed input and the degrees-of-freedom (DOF) of 3D manipulation and navigation tasks. We demonstrate sketching and manipulation tools in a prototype 3D design application, where users can fluidly combine 3D operations through alternating and parallel use of the modalities. We evaluate the core technique, bi-manual 3DOF input, against widget and mid-air baselines in an object movement task. We find that Bi-3D is a fast and practical way for multi-dimensional manipulation of graphical objects, promising to facilitate 3D design on stylus and tablet devices.}, note = {}, institution = {Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Informatik, INF 5 - Institut für Anwendungssicherheit, Professur: Alt, Florian}, }