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Head-Based Text Entry Methods for Motor-Impaired People

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This article describes methods for text input using head mounted devices. The efficiency of six different virtual keyboards in a 3D environment were evaluated during experiments. Some of used techniques were already known earlier (dwell time, multimodality, swipes), while others are new (control of virtual cursor arrows, 8-button layout, half-star layout). Although the obtained results are not groundbreaking, the obtained results allow a good prognosis for head-based methods using VR goggles.

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Publication financed by the Institute of Informatics at Silesian University of Technology, statutory research no. 02/020/BK_18/0128.

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, Gliwice, Poland

    Krzysztof Dobosz, Dominik Popanda & Adrian Sawko

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Aleksandra Gruca

  2. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice, Poland

    Tadeusz Czachórski

  3. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Sebastian Deorowicz

  4. Institute of Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Katarzyna Harężlak

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Dobosz, K., Popanda, D., Sawko, A. (2020). Head-Based Text Entry Methods for Motor-Impaired People. In: Gruca, A., Czachórski, T., Deorowicz, S., Harężlak, K., Piotrowska, A. (eds) Man-Machine Interactions 6. ICMMI 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1061 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31964-9_1

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