Spatial gestures using a tactile-proprioceptive display

  • Authors:
  • Eelke Folmer;Tony Morelli

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Nevada, Reno;University of Nevada, Reno

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Proprioception --the human ability to sense the orientation of limbs without vision or hearing-- is one of the main drivers of motor operations and plays a significant role in input modalities such as touch and gestures. As an output modality proprioception has remained largely unexplored --though it can convey information to a user using their own body. Spatial interaction requires users to visually acquire the location of an object, which can then be manipulated using a touch or gesture. This is challenging if you are unable to see or in mobile contexts where the use of a display may be undesirable. This paper evaluates a tactile-proprioceptive display for eye and ear free 2D target acquisition and spatial interaction.