Tangible avatar and tangible earth: a novel interface for astronomy education

Authors:
Jun Yamashita;Hideaki Kuzuoka;Chiaki Fujimon;Michitaka Hirose
Affiliations:
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan;University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan;Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo, Japan;University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The capability to support spatial perception plays an important role in developing material for astronomy education. Considering this, we developed a novel tangible user interface consisting of a glove and a physical avatar attached on its surface. Virtual reality graphics of the solar system can be controlled manually with the glove and avatar. Preliminary experiments have indicated the advantages of the proposed tangible user interface for astronomy education.