Hand-Menu System: A Deviceless Virtual Input Interface For Wearable Computers

Hiroshi Sasaki, Tomohiro Kuroda, Peter Antoniac, Yoshitsugu Manabe, Kunihiro Chihara

Abstract



Although research on wearable computing is in fashion, few researches pay attentions on interface of wearable computers. This paper presents "Hand-Menu" System", an innovative input interface suitable for wearable computers, utilizing augmented realty techniques. Users can handle wearable computers by clicking a menu activated simply activated with exposed hand with another hand. As Hand-Menu is a "Deviceless" hand I/O interface, Hand-Menu is instant, place-independent and intuitive interface. Additionally, solidity on virtual menu given by tactile feedback from real finger used as a clicking target promotes users' reliability of Hand-Menu.

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