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PocketNavigator: vibro-tactile waypoint navigation for everyday mobile devices

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MobileHCI '10: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services

Pages 423 - 426

https://doi.org/10.1145/1851600.1851696

Published: 07 September 2010 Publication History

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Pedestrian navigation systems are becoming popular but the currently dominant audio-visual interaction can have drawbacks. Tactile feedback is studied as a solution, but currently only available as research prototypes. With the PocketNavigator we propose a demonstrator that adds tactile feedback to a simple but robust map-based navigation system that runs on any Android Smartphone. Users can leave the device in the pocket, while being guided non-visually through vibration cues. Like a compass we "point at" the next waypoint by encoding its direction and distance in vibration patterns. As an advantage over previous approaches it allows giving continuous feedback instead of isolated turning instructions and it can be realized without custom-built tactile displays. Preliminary results from a field study show that pedestrian can effectively use this Tactile Compass to reach a destination without turn-by-turn instructions. Integrated into the PocketNavigator we can now deploy it at the Android Market to evaluate the Tactile Compass with a wide range of users.

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PocketNavigator: vibro-tactile waypoint navigation for everyday mobile devices
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Graphics input devices
      2. Haptic devices
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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MobileHCI '10: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services

September 2010

552 pages

ISBN:9781605588353

DOI:10.1145/1851600

General Chairs:
Marco de Sá
LaSIGE & University of Lisboa, Portugal
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Luís Carriço
LaSIGE & University of Lisboa, Portugal
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Nuno Correia
CITI & New University of Lisboa, Portugal

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