Multi-aspect Evaluation Method for Digital Pointing Devices

Nils Büscher, Daniel Gis, Sebastian Stieber, Christian Haubelt

2019

Abstract

For decades the computer mouse has been used as the most common input device for laptops and computers alike. However for speeches a presentation remote with a laser pointer was used because they allowed the presenter more freedom. With the emergence of small and lightweight inertial sensors, a new type of presentation remotes becomes popular. These remotes use inertial sensors to move a digital pointer allowing presenters to show things on more than one screen or use enhancement methods like highlighting a region. Using inertial sensors however proves to be a difficult task and can lead to problems with the usability of such devices. When developing such systems, the designer faces the problem that no method for quantifying the usability of pointing devices based on inertial sensors is available. In the paper at hand, we propose an evaluation method consisting of three different tests to assess the manageability, speed and precision of digital pointing devices for a measurable comparison. Additionally, we conducted an evaluation to show that our tests reflect the subjective assessment from the users. Our quantitative test results showed a strong correlation to the qualitative subjective assessment from the users.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Büscher N., Gis D., Stieber S. and Haubelt C. (2019). Multi-aspect Evaluation Method for Digital Pointing Devices.In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS, ISBN 978-989-758-385-8, pages 128-135. DOI: 10.5220/0008355701280135

in Bibtex Style

@conference{peccs19,
author={Nils Büscher and Daniel Gis and Sebastian Stieber and Christian Haubelt},
title={Multi-aspect Evaluation Method for Digital Pointing Devices},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,},
year={2019},
pages={128-135},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008355701280135},
isbn={978-989-758-385-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,
TI - Multi-aspect Evaluation Method for Digital Pointing Devices
SN - 978-989-758-385-8
AU - Büscher N.
AU - Gis D.
AU - Stieber S.
AU - Haubelt C.
PY - 2019
SP - 128
EP - 135
DO - 10.5220/0008355701280135