Using a gestural interface toolkit for tactile input to a dynamic virtual space

  • Authors:
  • Thecla Schiphorst;Robb Lovell;Norman Jaffe

  • Affiliations:
  • Technical University of British Columbia, Surrey, Canada;Technical University of British Columbia, Surrey, Canada;ATP Engineering Inc., Richmond, BC, Canada

  • Venue:
  • CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the development of a gesture interface toolkit that has been applied to an application of tactile gesture recognition within an artificial life environment. The goal is to design a gestural semantics of caress, in which qualitative attributes of gesture are expressed as a function of tactility. A touch-sensitive tablet capable of detecting multiple simultaneous contacts was used to provide a source of tactile gestures (stroking, pressing, tapping, wrapping, spreading, pinching, nudging) which were then interpreted by the software as events to be sent to the active creature in the environment. Participants could observe the creature reactions within a three-dimensional immersive display system.