ElectricItch: Skin Irritation as a Feedback Modality

Henning Pohl; Kasper Hornbæk

doi:10.1145/3242587.3242647

ElectricItch: Skin Irritation as a Feedback Modality

Henning Pohl, Kasper Hornbæk

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Abstract

Grabbing users’ attention is a fundamental aspect of interactive systems. However, there is a disconnect between the ways our devices notify us and how our bodies do so naturally. In this paper, we explore the body’s modality of itching as a way to provide such natural feedback. We create itching sensations via low-current electric stimulation, which allows us to quickly generate this sensation on demand. In a first study we explore the design space around itching and how changes in stimulation parameters influence the resulting sensation. In a second study we compare vibration feedback and itching integrated in a smartwatch form factor. We find that we can consistently induce itching sensations and that these are perceived as more activating and interrupting than vibrotactile stimuli.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	UIST 2018 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato	2018
Sider	765-778
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781450359481
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/3242587.3242647
Status	Udgivet - 2018
Begivenhed	31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - Berlin, Tyskland Varighed: 14 okt. 2018 → 14 okt. 2018

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Seminar	31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Land/Område	Tyskland
By	Berlin
Periode	14/10/2018 → 14/10/2018

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Pohl, H & Hornbæk, K 2018, ElectricItch: Skin Irritation as a Feedback Modality. i UIST 2018 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, s. 765-778, 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Berlin, Tyskland, 14/10/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3242587.3242647

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