An insight into assistive technology for the visually impaired and blind people: state-of-the-art and future trends

A Bhowmick, SM Hazarika - Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 2017 - Springer
Assistive technology for the visually impaired and blind people is a research field that is
gaining increasing prominence owing to an explosion of new interest in it from disparate …

GestuRING: A web-based tool for designing gesture input with rings, ring-like, and ring-ready devices

RD Vatavu, LB Bilius - The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Despite an exciting area with many promises for innovations in wearable interactive
systems, research on interaction techniques for smart rings lacks structured knowledge and …

Next steps for human-computer integration

FF Mueller, P Lopes, P Strohmeier, W Ju… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Human-Computer Integration (HInt) is an emerging paradigm in which computational and
human systems are closely interwoven. Integrating computers with the human body is not …

Next steps in epidermal computing: Opportunities and challenges for soft on-skin devices

AS Nittala, J Steimle - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Skin is a promising interaction medium and has been widely explored for mobile, and
expressive interaction. Recent research in HCI has seen the development of Epidermal …

Electroring: Subtle pinch and touch detection with a ring

W Kienzle, E Whitmire, C Rittaler, H Benko - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We present ElectroRing, a wearable ring-based input device that reliably detects both onset
and release of a subtle finger pinch, and more generally, contact of the fingertip with the …

Design framework for social wearables

E Dagan, E Márquez Segura… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Wearables are integrated into many aspects of our lives, yet, we still need further guidance
to develop devices that truly enhance in-person interactions, rather than detract from them …

Digital digits: A comprehensive survey of finger augmentation devices

R Shilkrot, J Huber, J Steimle, S Nanayakkara… - ACM Computing …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Finger augmentation devices, those that are worn and operated by fingers, are a rapidly
growing field in the human--computer interaction domain. This field is rooted in ancient …

Evaluating wrist-based haptic feedback for non-visual target finding and path tracing on a 2d surface

J Hong, A Pradhan, JE Froehlich… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Precisely guiding a blind person's hand can be useful for a range of applications from
tracing printed text to learning and understanding shapes and gestures. In this paper, we …

Wearable travel aids for blind and partially sighted people: A review with a focus on design issues

M Hersh - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ability to travel (independently) is very important for participation in education, work,
leisure activities, and all other aspects of modern life. Blind and partially sighted people …

Augmented reality magnification for low vision users with the microsoft hololens and a finger-worn camera

L Stearns, V DeSouza, J Yin, L Findlater… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Recent technical advances have enabled new wearable augmented reality (AR) solutions
that can aid people with visual impairments (VI) in their everyday lives. Here, we investigate …