With a flick of the wrist: stretch sensors as lightweight input for mobile devices

Authors:
Paul Strohmeier;Roel Vertegaal;Audrey Girouard
Affiliations:
University College Maastricht, KH Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada;Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, and Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
Year:
2012

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Abstract

With WristFlicker, we detect wrist movement through sets of stretch sensors embedded in clothing. Our system supports wrist rotation (pronation/supination), and both wrist tilts (flexion/extension and ulnar/radial deviation). Each wrist movement is measured by two opposing stretch sensors, mimicking the counteracting movement of muscles. We discuss interaction techniques that allow a user to control a music player through this lightweight input.