Tactile and Tangible Interfaces in Handheld AR for Children

Santiago González-Gancedo, M.-Carmen Juan, Ignacio Seguí, Francisco Abad

2013

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative study between tangible user interfaces (TUIs) and tactile user interfaces (TacUIs) in handheld AR, with a contribution to the state of the art in HCI oriented to children. While TUIs work with the manipulation of physical objects, TacUIs work with virtual representations of them. In our evaluations to compare these two interactions with primary school children, we found that the TacUI was the fastest for completing the task, what makes it better suited for educational purposes. The TacUI was found easier to use by the children, although the TUI was found more solid and less slippery. Our conclusions should be of interest not only to educational researchers, but also to the general HCI community working on tangible and tactile interfaces.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

González-Gancedo S., Juan M., Seguí I. and Abad F. (2013). Tactile and Tangible Interfaces in Handheld AR for Children . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-46-4, pages 393-396. DOI: 10.5220/0004279503930396

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp13,
author={Santiago González-Gancedo and M.-Carmen Juan and Ignacio Seguí and Francisco Abad},
title={Tactile and Tangible Interfaces in Handheld AR for Children},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={393-396},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004279503930396},
isbn={978-989-8565-46-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - Tactile and Tangible Interfaces in Handheld AR for Children
SN - 978-989-8565-46-4
AU - González-Gancedo S.
AU - Juan M.
AU - Seguí I.
AU - Abad F.
PY - 2013
SP - 393
EP - 396
DO - 10.5220/0004279503930396