Designing 3D Menu Interfaces for Spatial Interaction in Virtual Environments

Abstract

This paper proposes several concepts for spatial menu interfaces in immersive virtual environments. Virtual Reality (VR) is a new interactive medium of immersive experience and VR user interfaces must be natural and seamless in 3D environments. Designing new VR interfaces is necessary because traditional desktop user interfaces can reduce the immersion experience and make VR cumbersome to use. This study includes comparing, contrasting, analyzing and evaluation the existing spatial user interface and 3D menu interfaces to interact with users in a virtual environment. This study will be used to support the next phases of design and technical development.