The study tested the applicability of Fitts’ law to coordinated hand movements in a 3D response space with. An experiment was conducted in which 20 participants performed the Fitts’ pointing tasks with varying target distances, target sizes and approaching angles from a home position. Results confirmed that Fitts’ law applies to coordinated hand movements in 3D space.
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