Paper Info
Title
Tactile Interface for Navigation in Underground Mines
Abstract
This paper presents the design and evaluation of a tactile vocabulary to aid navigation in an underground mine. We studied different ways to construct tactile vocabularies and assessed several tactile icons for aid navigation. After trying a dozen stimuli families, we have selected tactons based on the users' ability to perceive and process them during navigation in virtual environments to design a more usable tactile interface. Then, we performed a user experiment in a virtual simulation of an emergency situation in an underground mine. The user study shows that the tactile feedback facilitated the execution of the task. Also, the perceptual adjustment of the tactile vocabulary increased its usability as well as the memorization of its signals.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/SVR.2014.16
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Keywords
Field
DocType
computerised navigation,force feedback,haptic interfaces,mining,virtual reality,emergency situation,navigation aid,tactile feedback,tactile interface,tactile vocabulary,task execution,underground mines,virtual simulation,3D Navigation,User Study,Vibrotactile Communication
USable,Virtual reality,Usability,Engineering,Vocabulary,Perception,Multimedia,Memorization,Haptic technology,Tactile sensor
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2377-746X
2
0.37
References 
Authors
12
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Victor Adriel de J. Oliveira1223.65
Eduardo Marques211216.31
Rodrigo de Lemos Peroni320.37
Anderson Maciel420.37