Positions of Wearable Keyboard in VR Environment

Wearable keyboards have been widely tried for text input with some set on the VR user. While the position of the wearable keyboard could yield some differences, such as ease of use and input speed, comparisons have not been comprehensive. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the impacts of the mounting positions and the user’s actions including standing and walking. Each position is almost the same in typing performance, but some are affected by user’s situations especially while walking. One interesting finding is that impressions about the position change before and after actual use. We recommend that the user should not rely too much on the first impression, and should actually try possible positions before use, the differences are not so large though.