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Haptic Finger Glove for the VR Keyboard Input

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HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence (HCII 2021)

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With regards to use Virtual Reality headsets, people have many opportunities of key entry. However, current methods for key entry are suffering from low input speed and high error rate. In this paper, we suggest a new key entry system, Air keyboard with haptic finger glove. By applying haptic illusions such as phantom sensation and apparent movement, the finger glove could simulate the tactile feedback such as typing and unevenness sensation with low cost. Several controlled experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficiency and the accuracy of the air keyboard together with haptic finger glove. The result shows that the haptic finger glove could help user to better interact with the virtual keyboard. Moreover, a short-term training could increase the input efficiency and reduce the error rate, which is comparable or better than traditional pointing method with handheld controllers.

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  1. The Graduate School of Computer Science, Tohuku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yuya Hoshi

  2. The Graduate School of Computer Science, The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan

    Chenghong Lu & Lei Jing

  3. Research Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology (CAIST), The University of Aizu, Aizuwakamatsu, Japan

    Lei Jing

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  1. University of Creteand Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

  2. The Open University of Japan, Chiba, Japan

    Masaaki Kurosu

  3. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA

    Jessie Y. C. Chen

  4. U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, Orlando, FL, USA

    Gino Fragomeni

  5. Smart Future Initiative, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

    Norbert Streitz

  6. Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Shin'ichi Konomi

  7. Siemens (United States), Princeton, NJ, USA

    Helmut Degen

  8. Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Stavroula Ntoa

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Hoshi, Y., Lu, C., Jing, L. (2021). Haptic Finger Glove for the VR Keyboard Input. In: Stephanidis, C., et al. HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13095. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90963-5_3

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