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AR-PETS: Development of an augmented reality supported pressing evaluation training system

  • Alexander Plopski*
  • , Ryosuke Mori
  • , Takafumi Taketomi
  • , Christian Sandor
  • , Hirokazu Kato
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

With age, changes to the human nervous system lead to a decrease in control accuracy of extremities. Especially, reduced control over the fingers gravely affects a person’s quality of life and self-reliance. It is possible to recover the ability to accurately control the amount of power applied with one’s fingers through training with the Pressing Evaluation Training System (PETS). When training with the PETS users have to focus on guidance provided on a monitor and lose sight of their fingers. This could lead to increased mental workload and reduced training efficiency. In this paper we explore if presenting the guidelines closer to the user’s fingers provides better guidance to the user, thus improving the performance results. In particular, we use a video-see-through head-mounted display to present guidance next to the user’s fingers through augmented reality (AR), and a haptic device to replicate the tasks during PETS training. We test our implementation with 18 university students. Although the results of our study indicate that presenting information closer to the interaction area does not improve the performance, several participants preferred guidance presented in AR.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Applications in Health, Assistance, and Entertainment
Subtitle of host publication4th International Conference Proceedings, Part II
EditorsJia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy
PublisherSpringer, Cham
Pages113-126
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-92037-5
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-92036-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 15 Jul 2018 → 20 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10927 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018
PlaceUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period15/07/18 → 20/07/18

Research Keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Elderly training
  • Force sensing
  • Haptic device
  • Pressing evaluation training system
  • Video see-through head-mounted display

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