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

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Jun Yamashita,

Hideaki Kuzuoka,

Chiaki Fujimon,

Michitaka HiroseAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2777 - 2782

https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241078

Published: 28 April 2007 Publication History

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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.

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Tangible avatar and tangible earth: a novel interface for astronomy education
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2007

1286 pages

ISBN:9781595936424

DOI:10.1145/1240866

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The Pennsylvania State University, USA
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