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EyeRing: A Finger-Worn Input Device for Seamless Interactions with Our Surroundings

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Nanayakkara, Suranga; Shilkrot, Roy; Yeo, Kian Peen; Maes, Patricia
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Abstract
Finger-worn interfaces remain a vastly unexplored space for user interfaces, despite the fact that our fingers and hands are naturally used for referencing and interacting with the environment. In this paper we present design guidelines and implementation of a finger-worn I/O device, the EyeRing, which leverages the universal and natural gesture of pointing. We present use cases of EyeRing for both visually impaired and sighted people. We discuss initial reactions from visually impaired users which suggest that EyeRing may indeed offer a more seamless solution for dealing with their immediate surroundings than the solutions they currently use. We also report on a user study that demonstrates how EyeRing reduces effort and disruption to a sighted user. We conclude that this highly promising form factor offers both audiences enhanced, seamless interaction with information related to objects in the environment.
Date issued
2013-03
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80314
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Journal
Proceedings of the 4th Augmented Human International Conference, AH '13
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Citation
Nanayakkara, Suranga, Roy Shilkrot, Kian Peen Yeo, and Pattie Maes. “EyeRing: A Finger-Worn Input Device for Seamless Interactions with Our Surroundings.” In Proceedings of the 4th Augmented Human International Conference on - AH '13, 13-20. Association for Computing Machinery, 2013.
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9781450319041

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