Evaluating touching and pointing with a mobile terminal for physical browsing

Pasi Välkkynen, Marketta Niemelä, Timo Tuomisto

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Abstract

Physical browsing is a user interaction paradigm in which the user interacts with physical objects by using a mobile terminal to select the object for some action. The objects contain links to digital services and information related to the objects. The links are implemented with tags that are readable by the mobile terminal. We have built a system that supports selecting objects for interaction by touching and pointing at them. Our physical browsing system emulates passive sensor-equipped long-range RFID tags and a mobile terminal equipped with an RFID reader. We have compared different system configurations for touching and pointing. Additionally, we have evaluated other parameters of physical selection, such as conditions for choice of selection method. In our evaluation of the system, we found touching and pointing to be useful and complementary methods for selecting an object for interaction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACM International Conference Proceeding Series - NordiCHI 2006
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 4th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Changing Roles
PublisherACM
Pages28-37
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)978-1-59593-325-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventNordiCHI 2006: 4th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Changing Roles - Oslo, Norway
Duration: 14 Oct 200618 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume189

Conference

ConferenceNordiCHI 2006: 4th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Changing Roles
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityOslo
Period14/10/0618/10/06

Keywords

  • Evaluation
  • Laser pointer
  • Mobile phone
  • PDA
  • Physical selection
  • RFID

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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