Title :
Contact sensing and interaction techniques for a distributed, multimodal floor display
Author :
Visell, Yon ; Smith, Severin ; Law, Alvin ; Rajalingham, Rishi ; Cooperstock, Jeremy R.
Author_Institution :
McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel interface and set of techniques enabling users to interact via the feet with augmented floor surfaces. The interface consists of an array of instrumented floor tiles distributed over an area of several square meters. Intrinsic force sensing is used to capture foot-floor contact at resolutions as fine as 1 cm, for use with floor-based multimodal touch surface interfaces. We present the results of a preliminary evaluation of the usability of such a display.
Keywords :
computer displays; floors; haptic interfaces; augmented floor surfaces; floor-based multimodal touch surface interfaces; foot-floor contact sensing; interaction techniques; Actuators; Auditory displays; Computer displays; Costs; Feedback; Foot; Force sensors; Instruments; Tiles; Usability; Foot interaction; Multimodal display;
Conference_Titel :
3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2010 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6846-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6845-4
DOI :
10.1109/3DUI.2010.5444718
