Whole-Hand Haptics for Mid-air Buttons

Martin Maunsbach, Kasper Hornbæk, Hasti Seifi

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Abstract

Mid-air buttons are currently slow and error-prone. One reason is that their haptic feedback are attempts at replicating physical button feedback instead of being designed specifically for interaction in mid air. We present an approach to haptics for mid-air buttons that extends the feedback beyond the fingertip. Our approach is inspired by recent findings that show how skin vibrations from fingertip presses extend to the whole hand. We apply the haptic feedback across the whole hand to simulate the pull-up effect that triggers users to withdraw their finger upon button activation. We conduct a user study with two tasks to evaluate the whole-hand feedback and compare it with prior work. Our results show that the whole-hand haptic feedback reduces the overall button press duration and allows for more successful button activations compared to the localized haptic feedback. We discuss the reasons behind the improved performance and further steps to improve mid-air presses.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHaptics: Science, Technology, Applications : 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022 Hamburg, Germany, May 22–25, 2022 Proceedings
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2022
Pages292-300
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-06248-3
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-06249-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing
and Touch Enabled Computer Applications . EuroHaptics 2022
- Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 22 May 202225 May 2022

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing
and Touch Enabled Computer Applications . EuroHaptics 2022
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period22/05/202225/05/2022
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume13235
ISSN0302-9743

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