Towards Deeper Understanding of Natural User Interactions in Virtual Reality Based Assembly Tasks

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Main Authors: Ghamandi, Ryan, Hmaiti, Yahya, Maslych, Mykola, Kattoju, Ravi Kiran, LaViola Jr, Joseph J.
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Published: 2025
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author Ghamandi, Ryan
Hmaiti, Yahya
Maslych, Mykola
Kattoju, Ravi Kiran
LaViola Jr, Joseph J.
author_facet Ghamandi, Ryan
Hmaiti, Yahya
Maslych, Mykola
Kattoju, Ravi Kiran
LaViola Jr, Joseph J.
contents We explore natural user interactions using a virtual reality simulation of a robot arm for assembly tasks. Using a Wizard-of-Oz study, participants completed collaborative LEGO and instructive PCB assembly tasks, with the robot responding under experimenter control. We collected voice, hand tracking, and gaze data from users. Statistical analyses revealed that instructive and collaborative scenarios elicit distinct behaviors and adopted strategies, particularly as tasks progress. Users tended to use put-that-there language in spatially ambiguous contexts and more descriptive instructions in spatially clear ones. Our contributions include the identification of natural interaction strategies through analyses of collected data, as well as the supporting dataset, to guide the understanding and design of natural multimodal user interfaces for instructive interaction with systems in virtual reality.
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spellingShingle Towards Deeper Understanding of Natural User Interactions in Virtual Reality Based Assembly Tasks
Ghamandi, Ryan
Hmaiti, Yahya
Maslych, Mykola
Kattoju, Ravi Kiran
LaViola Jr, Joseph J.
Human-Computer Interaction
Systems and Control
We explore natural user interactions using a virtual reality simulation of a robot arm for assembly tasks. Using a Wizard-of-Oz study, participants completed collaborative LEGO and instructive PCB assembly tasks, with the robot responding under experimenter control. We collected voice, hand tracking, and gaze data from users. Statistical analyses revealed that instructive and collaborative scenarios elicit distinct behaviors and adopted strategies, particularly as tasks progress. Users tended to use put-that-there language in spatially ambiguous contexts and more descriptive instructions in spatially clear ones. Our contributions include the identification of natural interaction strategies through analyses of collected data, as well as the supporting dataset, to guide the understanding and design of natural multimodal user interfaces for instructive interaction with systems in virtual reality.
title Towards Deeper Understanding of Natural User Interactions in Virtual Reality Based Assembly Tasks
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17124