Haptic feedback in remote pointing

We investigate the use of haptic feedback for enhancing user performance with remote pointing devices. We present a number of concepts that use haptic feedback on such devices and the results of the first user study, in which we have compared the effects of different feedback types on users’ performance and preference in remote pointing tasks. The study showed that the addition of haptic feedback significantly improves the performance, while it has also revealed a seemingly low user acceptance of haptic feedback. We discuss the implications of our findings and outline the future work. Keywords Remote pointing, haptic feedback, target acquisition ACM Classification Keywords H5.2. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Input devices and strategies, Interaction styles, Haptic I/O.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Laurens R. Krol, Dzmitry Aliakseyeu, Sriram Subramanian
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Haptic Feedback, Human Computer Interaction, Remote Pointing, Remote Pointing Devices