SqueezeBlock: Using virtual springs in mobile devices for eyes-free interaction

UIST 2010 - 23rd ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-104

  Gupta, Sidhant ^a   Campbell, Tim ^a   Hightower, Jeffrey R ^b   Patel, Shwetak N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyes free interaction; Haptics; Springs

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC FORCE; ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; EYES FREE INTERACTION; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; HAPTICS; HOOKE'S LAW; INTERACTION CHANNEL; INTERACTION DESIGN; NON-LINEAR; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SPRING CONSTANTS; SPRINGS; VIRTUAL SPRING; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MOBILE DEVICES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 78649551678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1866029.1866046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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