Title :
The design and evaluation of a vibrotactile progress bar
Author :
Brewster, Stephen A. ; King, Alison
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
We present an investigation into the use of Tactons to present progress information. Progress bars are common but must compete for screen space and visual attention with other visual tasks. We created a tactile progress indicator, encoding progress into a series of vibrotactile pulses. An experiment comparing the tactile progress indicator to a standard visual one showed a significant improvement in performance and an overall preference for the tactile display.
Keywords :
computer displays; haptic interfaces; human computer interaction; touch (physiological); Tactons; encoding progress; human-computer interface; screen space; tactile display; tactile progress indicator; vibrotactile progress bar design evaluation; visual attention; Bars; Computer displays; Digital audio players; Electronic mail; Encoding; Feedback; Handheld computers; Interactive systems; Telephony; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Eurohaptics Conference, 2005 and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005. World Haptics 2005. First Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2310-2
DOI :
10.1109/WHC.2005.127
