Wearable interfaces for orientation and wayfinding
Assets '00 Proceedings of the fourth international ACM conference on Assistive technologies
Acquisition of spatial knowledge in location aware mobile pedestrian navigation systems
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In-car gps navigation: engagement with and disengagement from the environment
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"I did it my way": moving away from the tyranny of turn-by-turn pedestrian navigation
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Image-based cycle route generation on mobile devices
Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Enhancing outdoor navigation systems through vibrotactile feedback
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A mobile guide for serendipitous exploration of cities
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Development of intuitive tactile navigational patterns
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Tacticycle: supporting exploratory bicycle trips
MobileHCI '12 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Navigation your way: from spontaneous independent exploration to dynamic social journeys
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Vibrobelt: tactile navigation support for cyclists
Proceedings of the 2013 international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
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Cycling is a common leisure time sports in touristic regions. For us it was the question how tourists actually find their paths in the area and what kind of navigation aids might be helpful to them. In a requirements study on a touristic island we learned that tourists rather explore the environment spontaneously than efficiently navigating from on place to another such as the beach or the light house, and just cycle on without much map or navigation aid. While exploring the area, the cyclists however, sometimes lose their orientation which they compensate for by accepting detours. We designed and developed an orientation aid, Tacticycle that does not influence the cycling experience but improve the orientation and awareness of the overall direction. In order to ensure the cyclists' safety two vibrotactile actuators are used to indicate directions and announce the presence of interesting places. In two field studies we showed that despite the accuracy of the indicated direction being rather coarse, the tactile user interface allows cyclists to reach a presented destination easily. The visitor of the demo can experience a virtual cycling tour supported by the Tacticycle demonstrator.