Static and dynamic tactile directional cues experiments with VTPlayer mouse

Thomas Pietrzak (1, 2) , Isabelle Pecci (2, 1) , Benoît Martin (2, 1)

1 UPVM - Université Paul Verlaine - Metz
2 LITA - Laboratoire d'Informatique Théorique et Appliquée

Braille cells have good potential to provide information. Users don't have to know the braille alphabet to be able to use them. In this study we show that it is possible to create 4 × 4 patterns to give the users some directional information. Two kinds of icons have been designed: static patterns and dynamic ones (animations). It appears that users rather like, and recognize better static icons.

Mots clés: Icons; Braille displays; Haptic; Tactile icons; Tactile displays; Tactons; Pin arrays; Interaction technique; Human - Computer Interaction

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Bibliothèque électronique [cs.DL]

Thomas Pietrzak, Isabelle Pecci, Benoît Martin. Static and dynamic tactile directional cues experiments with VTPlayer mouse. Proceedings of the Eurohaptics conference (Eurohaptics 2006), 2006, Paris, France. pp.63-68. ⟨hal-00671517⟩