Poster: Vibration as a wayfinding aid

There are several ways to guide users to a destination in a virtual world, most of them inherited from real counterparts, and typically based on visual feedback. Although these aids are very useful in general, we want to avoid user´s distractions from the main scene and visual cluttering that may occur when visual feedback for wayfinding is used. We present our work on a ldquovibrating beltrdquo, a belt of motors that can be used as an orientation aid. We conducted a set of experiments that compared such device with a low cognitive load visual aid for wayfinding, and we have found our device as effective as the visual aids in our study. We believe this device could improve the user´s performance and concentration on the main activities in the scene.