Shoogle: excitatory multimodal interaction on mobile devices

  • Authors:
  • John Williamson;Roderick Murray-Smith;Stephen Hughes

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Glasgow, Scotland;University of Glasgow, Scotland and NUI, Maynooth, Ireland;SAMH Engineering Services, Dublin, Ireland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Shoogle is a novel, intuitive interface for sensing data withina mobile device, such as presence and properties of textmessages or remaining resources. It is based around activeexploration: devices are shaken, revealing the contents rattlingaround "inside". Vibrotactile display and realistic impactsonification create a compelling system. Inertial sensingis used for completely eyes-free, single-handed interactionthat is entirely natural. Prototypes are described runningboth on a PDA and on a mobile phone with a wireless sensorpack. Scenarios of use are explored where active sensing ismore appropriate than the dominant alert paradigm.