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Skweezees are soft objects filled with conductive padding, which are capable of detecting different squeeze gestures using electrodes dispersed all over the object. This paper presents a case-study on the design and development of a tangible product based on the Skweezee system, namely a cushion remote. Squeeze-based gestures for soft user interfaces have rarely been explored. Therefore, we have worked on establishing squeeze-based gestures for a soft cushion interface for controlling a television, by means of a user-centered approach. The user study has brought out appropriate gestures for controlling a cushion remote. A prototype was designed using these gestures. The end result is a cushion remote that uses the Skweezee system and a gesture set for a Skweezee-based cushion remote control.
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We would like to thank KU Leuven for funding the internship. We are grateful to all the participants who helped in user-study. We would like to thank Dr. Debayan Dhar for reviewing the paper.
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Agrawal, M., Abeele, V.V., Vanderloock, K., Geurts, L. (2015). Skweezee-Mote: A Case-Study of a Gesture-Based Tangible Product Design for a Television Remote Control. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 35. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2229-3_35
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