Fisheye vs Rubber Sheet: Supporting Visual Search and Fine Motor Skills in Augmented Reality

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Qiaochu Wang, Christian Sandor

Published: 2021, Last Modified: 27 Feb 2026ISMAR Adjunct 2021EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Fisheye and rubber sheet are common magnifying methods in information visualization. In this paper, we present two experiments about their performance in AR scenarios: visual search and fine motor manipulation. We also included baseline conditions without any magnification. For all magnified views, the size and shape of the magnified region were constant and we evaluated performance based on completion time and accuracy. Our results show that visual distortions of our magnifiers do not significantly decrease performance; our insights will be a reference for projects that require magnified AR views.