@inproceedings{379b94da633a43118774e535090fcba0,
title = "Whole-Hand Haptics for Mid-air Buttons",
abstract = "Mid-air buttons are currently slow and error-prone. One reason is that their haptic feedback are attempts at replicating physical button feedback instead of being designed specifically for interaction in mid air. We present an approach to haptics for mid-air buttons that extends the feedback beyond the fingertip. Our approach is inspired by recent findings that show how skin vibrations from fingertip presses extend to the whole hand. We apply the haptic feedback across the whole hand to simulate the pull-up effect that triggers users to withdraw their finger upon button activation. We conduct a user study with two tasks to evaluate the whole-hand feedback and compare it with prior work. Our results show that the whole-hand haptic feedback reduces the overall button press duration and allows for more successful button activations compared to the localized haptic feedback. We discuss the reasons behind the improved performance and further steps to improve mid-air presses.",
keywords = "Ultrasound haptics, User interface, Virtual reality",
author = "Martin Maunsbach and Kasper Hornb{\ae}k and Hasti Seifi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).; 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022 ; Conference date: 22-05-2022 Through 25-05-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-06249-0\_33",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783031062483",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "292--300",
editor = "Hasti Seifi and Kappers, \{Astrid M.\} and Oliver Schneider and Knut Drewing and Claudio Pacchierotti and Alireza Abbasimoshaei and Gijs Huisman and Kern, \{Thorsten A.\}",
booktitle = "Haptics",
address = "Germany",
}