Investigating Interaction Techniques for State-of-the-Art Smartwatches

Frederic Kerber; Tobias Kiefer; Markus Löchtefeld

doi:10.1145/2851581.2892302

Investigating Interaction Techniques for State-of-the-Art Smartwatches

Frederic Kerber, Tobias Kiefer, Markus Löchtefeld

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We present initial results from a comparative study targeting three different input techniques for smartwatches. We developed a prototype capable of two different mechanical input techniques, namely digital crown and rotatable bezel, as well as touch input. In a user study with 14 participants, we analyzed task completion time, error rate and perceived usability in a one-dimensional list selection task. Our results show that touch and digital crown are perceived as significantly more usable. Also, the digital crown technique is ranked significantly higher than the rotatable bezel in terms of user preference. Regarding task completion time, the rotatable bezel is significantly inferior to touch. In terms of error rate, no significant difference is observable. Overall, 9 of 14 participants preferred interaction with the digital crown.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '16 : Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2016
Pages	2540-2547
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4082-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892302
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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Conference	2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	07/05/2016 → 12/05/2016
Internet address	http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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input techniques, opposite-side interaction, smartwatches

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Kerber, F, Kiefer, T & Löchtefeld, M 2016, Investigating Interaction Techniques for State-of-the-Art Smartwatches. in CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 2540-2547, 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, United States, 07/05/2016. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892302

Investigating Interaction Techniques for State-of-the-Art Smartwatches. / Kerber, Frederic; Kiefer, Tobias; Löchtefeld, Markus.
CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 2540-2547.

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