Title
Tactiped: Easy Prototyping Of Tactile Patterns
Abstract
We present the design and evaluation of a tactile editor, TactiPEd for the rapid and easy prototyping of vibrotactile patterns. It is based on the graphical metaphor of the shape of the device, which is used for the tuning of the main tactile characteristics, including amplitude, frequency and duration of tactile sequences. The editor includes file systems functionalities using the XML format along with playing and recording functionalities. The editor was thoroughly evaluated: a usability evaluation was conducted with 9 participants, the designed metaphor-based patterns were analyzed for insights on cross-device design and finally the editor was tested with several devices. TactiPEd was successfully and easily used with little training and enabled users to design patterns in little time. The resulting patterns shared common characteristics across the devices for a given metaphor.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/978-3-642-40480-1_15
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2013, PT II
Keywords
Field
DocType
tactile feedback, tactile pattern authoring, vibrotactile pattern
XML,Computer science,Usability,Software design pattern,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia,Metaphor
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
8118
0302-9743
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.57
17
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sabrina A. Panëels1796.65
Margarita Anastassova2507.57
Lucie Brunet3251.72