A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction

Kathrin Probst; David Lindlbauer; Michael Haller; Bernhard Schwartz; Andreas Schrempf

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557051

A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction

Kathrin Probst
, David Lindlbauer
, Michael Haller
, Bernhard Schwartz
, Andreas Schrempf

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Abstract

During everyday office work we are used to controlling our computers with keyboard and mouse, while the majority of our body remains unchallenged and the physical workspace around us stays largely unattended. Addressing this untap-ped potential, we explore the concept of turning a flexible office chair into a ubiquitous input device. To facilitate daily desktop work, we propose the utilization of semaphor-ic chair gestures that can be assigned to specific application functionalities. The exploration of two usage scenarios in the context of focused and peripheral interaction demon-strates high potential of chair gestures as additional input modality for opportunistic, hands-free interaction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2014
Subtitle of host publication	One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	4097-4106
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450324731
ISBN (Print)	9781450324731
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051 https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014 - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 1 May 2014

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	26.04.2014 → 01.05.2014

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Gestural Interaction
Input Technologies
Interactive Chair

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Probst, K., Lindlbauer, D., Haller, M., Schwartz, B., & Schrempf, A. (2014). A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction. In CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 4097-4106). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051, https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051

Probst, Kathrin ; Lindlbauer, David ; Haller, Michael et al. / A chair as ubiquitous input device : Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction. CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. pp. 4097-4106 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Probst, K, Lindlbauer, D, Haller, M, Schwartz, B & Schrempf, A 2014, A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction. in CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 4097-4106, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada, 26.04.2014. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051, https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557051

A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction. / Probst, Kathrin; Lindlbauer, David; Haller, Michael et al.
CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2014. p. 4097-4106 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Probst K, Lindlbauer D, Haller M, Schwartz B, Schrempf A. A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction. In CHI 2014: One of a CHInd - Conference Proceedings, 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2014. p. 4097-4106. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/2556288.2557051, 10.1145/2556288.2557051

A chair as ubiquitous input device: Exploring semaphoric chair gestures for focused and peripheral interaction

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