Supporting sounds: Design and evaluation of an audio-haptic interface

Emma Murphy, Camille Moussette, Charles Verron, Catherine Guastavino

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Abstract

The design and evaluation of a multimodal interface is presented in order to investigate how spatial audio and haptic feedback can be used to convey the navigational structure of a virtual environment. The non-visual 3D virtual environment is composed of a number of parallel planes with either horizontal or vertical orientations. The interface was evaluated using a target-finding task to explore how auditory feedback can be used in isolation or combined with haptic feedback for navigation. Twenty-three users were asked to locate targets using auditory feedback in the virtual structure across both horizontal and vertical orientations of the planes, with and without haptic feedback. Findings from the evaluation experiment reveal that users performed the task faster in the bi-modal conditions (with combined auditory and haptic feedback) with a horizontal orientation of the virtual planes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHaptic and Audio Interaction Design - 7th International Conference, HAID 2012, Proceedings
EditorsCharlotte Magnusson, Delphine Szymczak, Stephen Brewster
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages11-20
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783642327957
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event7th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, HAID 2012 - Lund, Sweden
Duration: 23 Aug 201224 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7468 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, HAID 2012
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLund
Period23/08/1224/08/12

Keywords

  • Auditory feedback
  • Haptic feedback
  • Target-finding
  • User evaluation

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