The Influence of Angle Size in Navigation Applications Using Pointing Gestures

Charlotte Magnusson; Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn; Delphine Szymczak

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15841-4_12

The Influence of Angle Size in Navigation Applications Using Pointing Gestures

Charlotte Magnusson, Kirsten Rassmus-Gröhn, Delphine Szymczak

Certec - Rehabilitation Engineering and Design

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One factor which can be expected to influence performance in applications where the user points a device in some direction to obtain information is the angle interval in which the user gets feedback. The present study was performed in order to get a better understanding of the influence of this angle interval on navigation performance, gestures and strategies in a more realistic outdoor setting. Results indicate that users are able to handle quite a wide range of angle intervals, although there are differences between narrow and wide intervals. We observe different gestures and strategies used by the users and provide some recommendations on suitable angle intervals. Finally, our observations support the notion that using this type of pointing gesture for navigation is intuitive and easy to use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Haptic And Audio Interaction Design
Publisher	Springer
Pages	107-116
Number of pages	10
Volume	6306
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15841-4_12
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design - Copenhagen, DENMARK Duration: 2010 Sept 16 → 2010 Sept 17

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Volume	6306
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	5th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design
Period	2010/09/16 → 2010/09/17

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Human Computer Interaction

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Non-visual
pointing
gesture
audio
mobile
location based

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Breidegard, B. (Researcher), Magnusson, C. (Researcher), Szymczak, D. (Researcher), Eftring, H. (Researcher), Rassmus-Gröhn, K. (Researcher), Hedvall, P.-O. (Researcher), Larsson, A. (Researcher), Tollmar, K. (Researcher), Molina, M. (Researcher), Stigmar, H. (Researcher) & Warell, A. (Researcher)
Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), European Commission - FP7
2008/09/01 → 2012/08/31
Project: Research

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The Influence of Angle Size in Navigation Applications Using Pointing Gestures

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