DocumentCode :
3305793
Title :
Tactual displays for wearable computing
Author :
Tan, Hong Z. ; Pentland, Alex
Author_Institution :
Media Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
13-14 Oct. 1997
Firstpage :
84
Lastpage :
89
Abstract :
This paper provides a general overview of tactual displays (i.e., devices that communicate to a user through the sense of touch) and issues concerning the development of such displays for wearable computing. A wearable tactile directional display is presented. It takes advantage of a sensory phenomenon called "sensory saltation" and simulates directional lines and simple geometric patterns dynamically. Initial results indicate that this information is intuitive and easy to interpret even for first-time users, and interpretations are highly consistent among observers. Several applications of this tactile directional display for wearable computing are proposed.
Keywords :
computer displays; graphical user interfaces; mechanoception; tactile sensors; directional lines; geometric patterns; sensory phenomenon; sensory saltation; tactual displays; touch sensitive devices; wearable computing; wearable tactile directional display; Auditory displays; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Laboratories; Man machine systems; Speech; Virtual environment; Wearable computers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1997. Digest of Papers., First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8192-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1997.629923
Filename :
629923
Link To Document :
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