Tactile interfaces for small touch screens

I Poupyrev, S Maruyama - Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
I Poupyrev, S Maruyama
Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and …, 2003dl.acm.org
We present the design, implementation, and informal evaluation of tactile interfaces for small
touch screens used in mobile devices. We embedded a tactile apparatus in a Sony PDA
touch screen and enhanced its basic GUI elements with tactile feedback. Instead of
observing the response of interface controls, users can feel it with their fingers as they press
the screen. In informal evaluations, tactile feedback was greeted with enthusiasm. We
believe that tactile feedback will become the next step in touch screen interface design and …
We present the design, implementation, and informal evaluation of tactile interfaces for small touch screens used in mobile devices. We embedded a tactile apparatus in a Sony PDA touch screen and enhanced its basic GUI elements with tactile feedback. Instead of observing the response of interface controls, users can feel it with their fingers as they press the screen. In informal evaluations, tactile feedback was greeted with enthusiasm. We believe that tactile feedback will become the next step in touch screen interface design and a standard feature of future mobile devices.
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