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SIGDOC
2006
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Why don't people read the manual?
Few users of computer applications seek help from the documentation. This paper reports the results of an empirical study of why this is so and examines how, in real work, users s...
David G. Novick, Karen Ward
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SIGDOC
2006
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
What users say they want in documentation
While earlier work provided a partial view of users’ preferences about manuals, for most users in most work contexts the important question remains open: What do users want in d...
David G. Novick, Karen Ward
UIST
2006
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Procedural haptic texture
We present the Haptic Shading Framework (HSF), a framework for procedurally defining haptic texture. HSF haptic texture shaders are short procedures allowing an application-progr...
Jeremy Shopf, Marc Olano
VRML
2006
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Function-based shape modeling and visualization in X3D
In this paper, a function-based extension of Extensible 3D (X3D) is proposed. The extension allows authors to use analytical functions to define geometry, color, 3D texture as wel...
Qi Liu, Alexei Sourin
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VRST
2006
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Mixed reality: are two hands better than one?
For simulating hands-on tasks, the ease of enabling two-handed interaction with virtual objects gives Mixed Reality (MR) an expected advantage over Virtual Reality (VR). A user st...
Aaron Kotranza, John Quarles, Benjamin Lok