Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces

Haptic feedback has the potential to enhance users’ sense of being engaged and creative in their artwork. Current work on providing haptic feedback in computer-based drawing applications has focused mainly on the realism of the haptic sensation rather than the users’ experience of that sensation in...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Suziah, Blandford, Ann, Cairns, Paul
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2010
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description Haptic feedback has the potential to enhance users’ sense of being engaged and creative in their artwork. Current work on providing haptic feedback in computer-based drawing applications has focused mainly on the realism of the haptic sensation rather than the users’ experience of that sensation in the context of their creative work. We present a study that focuses on user experience of three haptic drawing interfaces. These interfaces were based on two different haptic metaphors, one of which mimicked familiar drawing tools (such as pen, pencil or crayon on smooth or rough paper) and the other of which drew on abstract descriptors of haptic experience (roughness, stickiness, scratchiness and smoothness). It was found that users valued having control over the haptic sensation; that each metaphor was preferred by approximately half of the participants; and that the real world metaphor interface was considered more helpful than the abstract one, whereas the abstract interface was considered to better support creativity. This suggests that future interfaces for artistic work should have user-modifiable interaction styles for controlling the haptic sensation.
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:20572017-01-19T08:24:19Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2057/ Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces Sulaiman, Suziah Blandford, Ann Cairns, Paul QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Haptic feedback has the potential to enhance users’ sense of being engaged and creative in their artwork. Current work on providing haptic feedback in computer-based drawing applications has focused mainly on the realism of the haptic sensation rather than the users’ experience of that sensation in the context of their creative work. We present a study that focuses on user experience of three haptic drawing interfaces. These interfaces were based on two different haptic metaphors, one of which mimicked familiar drawing tools (such as pen, pencil or crayon on smooth or rough paper) and the other of which drew on abstract descriptors of haptic experience (roughness, stickiness, scratchiness and smoothness). It was found that users valued having control over the haptic sensation; that each metaphor was preferred by approximately half of the participants; and that the real world metaphor interface was considered more helpful than the abstract one, whereas the abstract interface was considered to better support creativity. This suggests that future interfaces for artistic work should have user-modifiable interaction styles for controlling the haptic sensation. Elsevier B.V. 2010-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2057/1/HapticExperienceAndTheDesignOfDrawingInterfaces_PublishedVersion.pdf Sulaiman, Suziah and Blandford, Ann and Cairns, Paul (2010) Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces. Interacting with Computers, 22, (3). 193-205 . ISSN 9535438 10.1016/j.intcom.2009.11.009 10.1016/j.intcom.2009.11.009
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Sulaiman, Suziah
Blandford, Ann
Cairns, Paul
Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title_full Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title_fullStr Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title_full_unstemmed Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title_short Haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
title_sort haptic experience and the design of drawing interfaces
topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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