ElectricItch: Skin Irritation as a Feedback Modality
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ElectricItch : Skin Irritation as a Feedback Modality. / Pohl, Henning; Hornbæk, Kasper.
UIST 2018 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 765-778.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - ElectricItch
T2 - 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
AU - Pohl, Henning
AU - Hornbæk, Kasper
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Grabbing users’ attention is a fundamental aspect of interactive systems. However, there is a disconnect between the ways our devices notify us and how our bodies do so naturally. In this paper, we explore the body’s modality of itching as a way to provide such natural feedback. We create itching sensations via low-current electric stimulation, which allows us to quickly generate this sensation on demand. In a first study we explore the design space around itching and how changes in stimulation parameters influence the resulting sensation. In a second study we compare vibration feedback and itching integrated in a smartwatch form factor. We find that we can consistently induce itching sensations and that these are perceived as more activating and interrupting than vibrotactile stimuli.
AB - Grabbing users’ attention is a fundamental aspect of interactive systems. However, there is a disconnect between the ways our devices notify us and how our bodies do so naturally. In this paper, we explore the body’s modality of itching as a way to provide such natural feedback. We create itching sensations via low-current electric stimulation, which allows us to quickly generate this sensation on demand. In a first study we explore the design space around itching and how changes in stimulation parameters influence the resulting sensation. In a second study we compare vibration feedback and itching integrated in a smartwatch form factor. We find that we can consistently induce itching sensations and that these are perceived as more activating and interrupting than vibrotactile stimuli.
KW - Haptics
KW - Itch feedback
KW - On-body interfaces
KW - Skin
KW - Wearables
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056899298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3242587.3242647
DO - 10.1145/3242587.3242647
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 765
EP - 778
BT - UIST 2018 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 14 October 2018 through 14 October 2018
ER -
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