A role for haptics in mobile interaction: initial design using a handheld tactile display prototype

  • Authors:
  • Joseph Luk;Jerome Pasquero;Shannon Little;Karon MacLean;Vincent Levesque;Vincent Hayward

  • Affiliations:
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;McGill University, Montreal, Canada;University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;McGill University, Montreal, Canada;McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Mobile interaction can potentially be enhanced with well-designed haptic control and display. However, advances have been limited by a vicious cycle whereby inadequate haptic technology obstructs inception of vitalizing applications. We present the first stages of a systematic design effort to break that cycle, beginning with specific usage scenarios and a new handheld display platform based on lateral skin stretch. Results of a perceptual device characterization inform mappings between device capabilities and specific roles in mobile interaction, and the next step of hardware re-engineering.