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Design exploration for the "squeezable" interaction

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Andrew Cheah Huei Yoong,

Anuroop Vaniyar,

Gayathri BalasubramanianAuthors Info & Claims

OzCHI '16: Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction

Pages 586 - 594

https://doi.org/10.1145/3010915.3010930

Published: 29 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

We explore hand squeezing as a possible alternative way in which a user could engage in as the primary interaction modality to interact with everyday IT devices today. In doing so, we work on constructing a conceptual design space as a practical tool to orient ourselves and systematically brainstorm design possibilities for squeezable interaction. The constructed design space abstracts essential characteristics of squeezing interaction including the intensity, frequency and areas of squeezing in a structured way, helping explain existing examples of squeezing interactions we engage in our daily lives. By offering a set of new concepts and vocabulary to express different aspects of this modality, the design space can be effectively used to help brainstorm, discuss and create novel applications and usage situations with squeezing as the main interaction modality, resulting in facilitating pioneering new lines of interactive IT applications. The construction and refinement of the design space was in part supported by instrumenting and prototyping squeezable applications and testing with twenty participants one by one.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3567805
Vandenberghe BMeijvis JSodermans TGerling KVanden Abeele VGeurts LArnedo JNacke LVanden Abeele VToups Dugas P(2019)Sailing Skweezee: An Exploration of Squeeze Interaction in VRExtended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts10.1145/3341215.3356983(131-138)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2019
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Design exploration for the "squeezable" interaction
1. Human-centered computing

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OzCHI '16: Proceedings of the 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction

November 2016

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ISBN:9781450346184

DOI:10.1145/3010915

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Villarreal-Narvaez SSluÿters AVanderdonckt JMbaki Luzayisu E(2022)Theoretically-Defined vs. User-Defined Squeeze GesturesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/35678056:ISS(73-102)Online publication date: 14-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3567805
Vandenberghe BMeijvis JSodermans TGerling KVanden Abeele VGeurts LArnedo JNacke LVanden Abeele VToups Dugas P(2019)Sailing Skweezee: An Exploration of Squeeze Interaction in VRExtended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts10.1145/3341215.3356983(131-138)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3341215.3356983

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