We expanded on previous research and conducted a study comparing AMP-IT and WISDOM during alignment of objects with complex geometry to evaluate the potential influence of geometric complexity on the performance, usability, workload and preference. Our findings indicate that participants had faster completion times and higher trial completion rates with AMP-IT on high-precision alignment tasks, contrary to earlier findings that used simple objects. Yet WISDOM is still preferred and considered more usable, despite increased workload and poorer performance, exposing participants’ willingness to trade objective performance for comfort during use. This work has be accepted to IEEE VR 2026.
Participant’s view during the alignment task. The manipulation object is the opaque, white lattice structure. The target is the translucent, black object. The manipulation object turns green on valid alignment within the target object. (A&B): The AMP-IT interaction technique. (C&D): The WISDOM interaction technique.
Cherelle Connor, Alexander Giovannelli, Leonardo Pavanatto, Francielly (Elly) Rodrigues, Haichao Miao, Vuthea Chheang, Brian Giera, Timo Bremer, Doug Bowman