Typing in thin air: the canesta projection keyboard - a new method of interaction with electronic devices

  • Authors:
  • Helena Roeber;John Bacus;Carlo Tomasi

  • Affiliations:
  • Canesta, Inc, USA;Canesta, Inc, USA;Canesta, Inc/Duke University, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '03 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Canesta Keyboard is a novel interface to electronic devices that consists of a projection system and a sensor module instead of the mechanical switches of a traditional keyboard. Users input text by pressing keys on a projected image of a keyboard. This paper describes the advantages and drawbacks of this interface compared to existing input methods for mobile devices in terms of data entry speed, error rate, user satisfaction and physical size as revealed through usability testing.