Locating points of interest (POIs) in cities is typically facilitated by visual aids such as paper maps, brochures, and mobile applications. However, these techniques require visual attention, which ideally should be on the surroundings. Non-visual techniques for navigating towards specific POIs typically lack support for free exploration of the city or more detailed guidance. To overcome these issues, we propose a multimodal, wearable system for alerting the user of nearby recommended POIs. The system, built around a tactile glove, provides audio-tactile cues when a new POI is in the vicinity, and more detailed information and guidance if the user expresses interest in this POI. We evaluated the system in a field study, comparing it to a visual baseline application. The encouraging results show that the glovebased system helps keep the attention on the surroundings and that its performance is on the same level as that of the baseline.
Jylha, A., Hsieh, Y., Orso, V., Andolina, S., Gamberini, L., & Jacucci, G. (2015). A wearable multimodal interface for exploring urban points of interest. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction - ICMI 2015 (pp. 175-182). New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 |
Titolo: | A wearable multimodal interface for exploring urban points of interest |
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Citazione: | Jylha, A., Hsieh, Y., Orso, V., Andolina, S., Gamberini, L., & Jacucci, G. (2015). A wearable multimodal interface for exploring urban points of interest. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction - ICMI 2015 (pp. 175-182). New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. |
Abstract: | Locating points of interest (POIs) in cities is typically facilitated by visual aids such as paper maps, brochures, and mobile applications. However, these techniques require visual attention, which ideally should be on the surroundings. Non-visual techniques for navigating towards specific POIs typically lack support for free exploration of the city or more detailed guidance. To overcome these issues, we propose a multimodal, wearable system for alerting the user of nearby recommended POIs. The system, built around a tactile glove, provides audio-tactile cues when a new POI is in the vicinity, and more detailed information and guidance if the user expresses interest in this POI. We evaluated the system in a field study, comparing it to a visual baseline application. The encouraging results show that the glovebased system helps keep the attention on the surroundings and that its performance is on the same level as that of the baseline. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4503-3912-4 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1145/2818346.2820763 |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore INF/01 - Informatica Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle Informazioni |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.07 Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume |
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