TY - GEN

T1 - Feellustrator

T2 - 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023

AU - Seifi, Hasti

AU - Chew, Sean

AU - Nascè, Antony James

AU - Lowther, William Edward

AU - Frier, William

AU - Hornbæk, Kasper

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Owner/Author.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Ultrasound mid-air haptic technology provides a large space of design possibilities, as one can modulate the ultrasound intensity in a continuous 3D space at a high speed over time. Yet, the need for programming the patterns limits rapid ideation and testing of alternatives. We present Feellustrator, a graphical design tool for quickly creating and editing ultrasound mid-air haptics. With Feellustrator, one can create custom ultrasound patterns, layer or sequence them into complex effects, project them on the user's hand, and export them for use in external programs (e.g., Unity). To create the tool, we interviewed 13 designers who had from a few months to several years of experience with ultrasound, then derived a set of requirements for supporting ultrasound design. We demonstrate the design power of Feellustrator through example applications and an evaluation with 15 participants. Then, we outline future directions for ultrasound haptic design.

AB - Ultrasound mid-air haptic technology provides a large space of design possibilities, as one can modulate the ultrasound intensity in a continuous 3D space at a high speed over time. Yet, the need for programming the patterns limits rapid ideation and testing of alternatives. We present Feellustrator, a graphical design tool for quickly creating and editing ultrasound mid-air haptics. With Feellustrator, one can create custom ultrasound patterns, layer or sequence them into complex effects, project them on the user's hand, and export them for use in external programs (e.g., Unity). To create the tool, we interviewed 13 designers who had from a few months to several years of experience with ultrasound, then derived a set of requirements for supporting ultrasound design. We demonstrate the design power of Feellustrator through example applications and an evaluation with 15 participants. Then, we outline future directions for ultrasound haptic design.

KW - interviews

KW - mid-air haptics design tool

KW - tool requirements

KW - ultrasound technology

U2 - 10.1145/3544548.3580728

DO - 10.1145/3544548.3580728

M3 - Article in proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85158144118

BT - CHI '23 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.

Y2 - 23 April 2023 through 28 April 2023

ER -