ScatterWatch: Subtle Notifications via Indirect Illumination Scattered in the Skin

Henning Pohl; Justyna Medrek; Michael Rohs

doi:10.1145/2935334.2935351

ScatterWatch: Subtle Notifications via Indirect Illumination Scattered in the Skin

Henning Pohl, Justyna Medrek, Michael Rohs

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Abstract

With the increasing popularity of smartwatches over the last years, there has been a substantial interest in novel input methods for such small devices. However, feedback modalities for smartwatches have not seen the same level of interest. This is surprising, as one of the primary function of smartwatches is their use for notifications. It is the interrupting nature of current notifications on smartwatches that has also drawn some of the more critical responses to them. Here, we present a subtle notification mechanism for smartwatches that uses light scattering in a wearer's skin as a feedback modality. This does not disrupt the wearer in the same way as vibration feedback and also connects more naturally with the user's body.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services - MobileHCI '16
Publication date	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935351
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	human International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (MobileHCI'16) - Florence, Italy Duration: 6 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016

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Conference	human International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (MobileHCI'16)
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	06/09/2016 → 09/09/2016

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Pohl, H, Medrek, J & Rohs, M 2016, ScatterWatch: Subtle Notifications via Indirect Illumination Scattered in the Skin. in Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services - MobileHCI '16. human International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (MobileHCI'16), Florence, Italy, 06/09/2016. https://doi.org/10.1145/2935334.2935351

ScatterWatch: Subtle Notifications via Indirect Illumination Scattered in the Skin. / Pohl, Henning; Medrek, Justyna; Rohs, Michael.
Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services - MobileHCI '16. 2016.

Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review

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