Bimanual text entry using game controllers: Relying on users' spatial familiarity with QWERTY

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-150

  Sandnes, Frode Eika ^a   Aubert, Andre ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bimanual input; Game console; Joystick controller; Mobile text entry; Skill transfer; Spatial memory; Spatial mnemonics; Text entry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK CONTROL;

BIMANUAL INPUT; JOYSTICK CONTROLLER; SKILL TRANSFER; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMATION;

EID: 33846482493     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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