Viband: High-fidelity bio-acoustic sensing using commodity smartwatch accelerometers

G Laput, R Xiao, C Harrison - … of the 29th Annual Symposium on User …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Smartwatches and wearables are unique in that they reside on the body, presenting great
potential for always-available input and interaction. Their position on the wrist makes them …

Iskin: flexible, stretchable and visually customizable on-body touch sensors for mobile computing

M Weigel, T Lu, G Bailly, A Oulasvirta, C Majidi… - Proceedings of the 33rd …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
We propose iSkin, a novel class of skin-worn sensors for touch input on the body. iSkin is a
very thin sensor overlay, made of biocompatible materials, and is flexible and stretchable. It …

Interaction methods for smart glasses: A survey

LH Lee, P Hui - IEEE access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the launch of Google Glass in 2014, smart glasses have mainly been designed to
support micro-interactions. The ultimate goal for them to become an augmented reality …

Human--Computer interaction on the skin

J Bergström, K Hornbæk - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2019 - dl.acm.org
The skin offers exciting possibilities for human--computer interaction by enabling new types
of input and feedback. We survey 42 research papers on interfaces that allow users to give …

Social acceptability in HCI: A survey of methods, measures, and design strategies

M Koelle, S Ananthanarayan, S Boll - … of the 2020 CHI Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
With the increasing ubiquity of personal devices, social acceptability of human-machine
interactions has gained relevance and growing interest from the HCI community. Yet, there …

Skinmarks: Enabling interactions on body landmarks using conformal skin electronics

M Weigel, AS Nittala, A Olwal, J Steimle - … of the 2017 CHI Conference on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
The body provides many recognizable landmarks due to the underlying skeletal structure
and variations in skin texture, elasticity, and color. The visual and spatial cues of such body …

In-air gestures around unmodified mobile devices

J Song, G Sörös, F Pece, SR Fanello, S Izadi… - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
We present a novel machine learning based algorithm extending the interaction space
around mobile devices. The technique uses only the RGB camera now commonplace on off …

Skintrack: Using the body as an electrical waveguide for continuous finger tracking on the skin

Y Zhang, J Zhou, G Laput, C Harrison - … of the 2016 CHI Conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
SkinTrack is a wearable system that enables continuous touch tracking on the skin. It
consists of a ring, which emits a continuous high frequency AC signal, and a sensing …

Digitspace: Designing thumb-to-fingers touch interfaces for one-handed and eyes-free interactions

DY Huang, L Chan, S Yang, F Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Thumb-to-fingers interfaces augment touch widgets on fingers, which are manipulated by
the thumb. Such interfaces are ideal for one-handed eyes-free input since touch widgets on …

Skin buttons: cheap, small, low-powered and clickable fixed-icon laser projectors

G Laput, R Xiao, XA Chen, SE Hudson… - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Smartwatches are a promising new interactive platform, but their small size makes even
basic actions cumbersome. Hence, there is a great need for approaches that expand the …