What is it about?
Mid-air interfaces allow users to interact with a computer in 3D space (e.g., using gestures) without physically touching anything, making them inherently hygienic. However, they lack touch feedback, creating challenges for those who rely on their sense of touch. With our contactless elevator design, we explore the use of mid-air haptics (i.e., technology that produces touch sensations in mid-air) to complement mid-air interfaces. Our accessibility considerations include mid-air braille information, button magnification, and intuitive gestures, and audio feedback.
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Why is it important?
Unlike most prior designs on mid-air interfaces, we consider the accessibility needs of people who rely on their sense of touch, such as people with low or impaired vision.
Perspectives
While preliminary, we hope that our research and design of the contactless elevator brings more attention and conversation in designing accessibility for mid-air interfaces.
Tanay Singhal
University of Waterloo
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This page is a summary of: Elevating Haptics: An Accessible and Contactless Elevator Concept with Tactile Mid-Air Controls, May 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3411763.3451574.
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