Point & Grasp: Flexible Selection of Out-of-Reach Objects Through Probabilistic Cue Integration

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Main Authors: Luo, Xuejing, Moon, Hee-Seung, Holz, Christian, Oulasvirta, Antti
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Published: 2026
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author Luo, Xuejing
Moon, Hee-Seung
Holz, Christian
Oulasvirta, Antti
author_facet Luo, Xuejing
Moon, Hee-Seung
Holz, Christian
Oulasvirta, Antti
contents Selecting out-of-reach objects is a fundamental task in mixed reality (MR). Existing methods rely on a single cue or deterministically fuse multiple cues, leading to performance degradation when the dominant cue becomes unreliable. In this work, we introduce a probabilistic cue integration framework that enables flexible combination of multiple user-generated cues for intent inference. Inspired by natural grasping behavior, we instantiate the framework with pointing direction and grasp gestures as a new interaction technique, Point&Grasp. To this end, we collect the Out-of-Reach Grasping (ORG) dataset to train a robust likelihood model of the gestural cue, which captures grasping patterns not present in existing in-reach datasets. User studies demonstrate that our selection method with cue integration not only improves accuracy and speed over single-cue baselines, but also remains practically effective compared to state-of-the-art methods across various sources of ambiguity. The dataset and code are available at https://github.com/drlxj/point-and-grasp.
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spellingShingle Point & Grasp: Flexible Selection of Out-of-Reach Objects Through Probabilistic Cue Integration
Luo, Xuejing
Moon, Hee-Seung
Holz, Christian
Oulasvirta, Antti
Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
Selecting out-of-reach objects is a fundamental task in mixed reality (MR). Existing methods rely on a single cue or deterministically fuse multiple cues, leading to performance degradation when the dominant cue becomes unreliable. In this work, we introduce a probabilistic cue integration framework that enables flexible combination of multiple user-generated cues for intent inference. Inspired by natural grasping behavior, we instantiate the framework with pointing direction and grasp gestures as a new interaction technique, Point&Grasp. To this end, we collect the Out-of-Reach Grasping (ORG) dataset to train a robust likelihood model of the gestural cue, which captures grasping patterns not present in existing in-reach datasets. User studies demonstrate that our selection method with cue integration not only improves accuracy and speed over single-cue baselines, but also remains practically effective compared to state-of-the-art methods across various sources of ambiguity. The dataset and code are available at https://github.com/drlxj/point-and-grasp.
title Point & Grasp: Flexible Selection of Out-of-Reach Objects Through Probabilistic Cue Integration
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22491