PhD Seminar • Human-Computer Interaction — Leveraging Distal Vibrotactile Feedback for Target AcquisitionExport this event to calendar

Monday, July 12, 2021 1:00 PM EDT

Please note: This PhD seminar will be given online.

Jay Henderson, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Edward Lank

Many touch based interactions provide limited opportunities for direct tactile feedback; examples include multi-user touch displays, augmented reality based projections on passive surfaces, and mid-air input. In this paper, we consider distal feedback, through vibrotactile stimulation on a smart-watch placed on the user’s non-dominant wrist, as an alternative feedback mechanism to interaction location vibrotactile feedback, under the user’s finger. We compare the effectiveness of interaction location feedback vs. distal feedback through a Fitts’s Law task completed on a smartphone. Results show that distal and interaction location feedback both reduce errors in target acquisition and exhibit statistically comparable performance, suggesting that distal vibrotactile feedback is a suitable alternative when interaction location feedback is not readily available.


To join this PhD seminar on Zoom, please go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89110914125?pwd=YSsrblYvOTcwSWRVWWNQMjZRMHRBdz09.

Location 
Online PhD seminar
200 University Avenue West

Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada
Event tags 

S M T W T F S
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
  1. 2024 (96)
    1. April (19)
    2. March (27)
    3. February (25)
    4. January (25)
  2. 2023 (296)
    1. December (20)
    2. November (28)
    3. October (15)
    4. September (25)
    5. August (30)
    6. July (30)
    7. June (22)
    8. May (23)
    9. April (32)
    10. March (31)
    11. February (18)
    12. January (22)
  3. 2022 (245)
  4. 2021 (210)
  5. 2020 (217)
  6. 2019 (255)
  7. 2018 (217)
  8. 2017 (36)
  9. 2016 (21)
  10. 2015 (36)
  11. 2014 (33)
  12. 2013 (23)
  13. 2012 (4)
  14. 2011 (1)
  15. 2010 (1)
  16. 2009 (1)
  17. 2008 (1)