Comparing Google Glass with Tablet-PC as Guidance System for Assembling Tasks

Author

Wille, Mathilde Marie Winkler ; Scholl, Philipp M. ; Wischniewski, Sascha ; Van Laerhoven, Kristof

Author_Institution

Unit Human Factors, Ergonomics, Fed. Inst. for Occupational Safety & Health, Dortmund, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 June 2014

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

41

Abstract

Head mounted displays (HMDs) can be used as an guidance system for manual assembling tasks: contrary to using a Tablet-PC, instructions are always shown in the field of view while hands are kept free for the task. This is believed to be one of the major advantage of using HMDs. In the study reported here, performance, visual fatigue, and subjective strain was measured in a dual task paradigm. Participants were asked to follow a toy car assembly instructions while monitoring a virtual gauge. Both tasks had to be executed in parallel either while wearing Google Glass or using a Tablet-PC. Results show slower performance on the HMD but no difference in subjective strain.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; fatigue; gauges; helmet mounted displays; notebook computers; strain measurement; Google glass; dual task paradigm; guidance system; head mounted displays; subjective strain measurement; tablet-PC; toy car assembly instructions; virtual gauge monitoring; visual fatigue measurement; Color; Ergonomics; Fatigue; Glass; Google; Monitoring; Strain; Google Glass; Head mounted displays; Tablet-PC; assembling task; assistance; dual task paradigm; monitoring task; performance; strain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks Workshops (BSN Workshops), 2014 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6135-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSN.Workshops.2014.11

Filename

6970624