Paper Info
Title
Personalized, Wearable Control of a Head-mounted Display for Users with Upper Body Motor Impairments
Abstract
Head-mounted displays provide relatively hands-free interaction that could improve mobile computing access for users with motor impairments. To investigate this largely unexplored area, we present two user studies. The first, smaller study evaluated the accessibility of Google Glass, a head-mounted display, with 6 participants. Findings revealed potential benefits of a head-mounted display yet demonstrated the need for alternative means of controlling Glass-3 of the 6 participants could not use it at all. We then conducted a second study with 12 participants to evaluate a potential alternative input mechanism that could allow for accessible control of a head-mounted display: switch-based wearable touchpads that can be affixed to the body or wheelchair. The study assessed input performance with three sizes of touchpad, investigated personalization patterns when participants were asked to place the touchpads on their body or wheelchair, and elicited subjective responses. All 12 participants were able to use the touchpads to control the display, and patterns of touchpad placement point to the value of personalization in providing support for each user's motor abilities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2702123.2702188
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
mobile accessibility,motor impairments,user interfaces,wearables
Mobile computing,Wheelchair,Computer science,Wearable computer,Optical head-mounted display,Human–computer interaction,Touchpad,User studies,Multimedia,Personalization
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.54
29
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Meethu Malu1906.76
Leah Findlater21668101.05