ShoeSoleSense: Proof of concept for a wearable foot interface for virtual and real environments

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 93-96

  Matthies, Denys J C ^a   Müller, Franz ^a   Anthes, Christoph ^b   Kranzlmüller, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eyes free; Foot; Hands free; Insole; Mobile; Physical interface; Shoe; Tactile feedback; Virtual reality; Wearable

Indexed keywords

EYES-FREE; FOOT; HANDS-FREE; INSOLE; MOBILE; PHYSICAL INTERFACE; SHOE; TACTILE FEEDBACK; WEARABLE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84887153016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2503713.2503740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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