Project Number

51

Title

Hands on Hawaii

Description

Partially immersive information kiosk with hands-inclusive interface.

Contact

Carrie Heeter

Affiliation

Michigan State University

Address

Comm Tech Lab 
400 Computer Center 
East Lansing, MI 48824 
+1.517.353.5497 
+1.517.336.1244 fax

E-mail

Heeter@ibm.msu.edu

WWW

Year

1993

Reference

SIGGRAPH 93 Visual Proceedings

Project Details

"Hands on Hawaii" is a "guided discovery learning" information/entertainment experience that features a naturalistic, user-inclusive interface (their hands are in the virtual world) as they work with the kiosk. 
 
Although the material is both hypermedia and virtual reality, the central focus of this interface is an interface where the user slips his or her hands through a curtain and enjoy the inclusion of their hands within the display of the "touch" video-graphic objects. 
 
"Comm Tech Lab research on users of virtual reality (VR) systems has consistently found that nearly 90% of VR users surveyed indicate they would prefer to see their real hands rather than computer-generated hands appearing in the virtual worlds. People want to experience a strong sense of self when they enter a virtual world." "Hands on Hawaii" presents a ground spatially-based interface for an advanced kiosk prototype.

Sight

Macintosh IIci, Amiga 2000, Pioneer 8000 videodisk, video equipment, HyperCard, Mandala, SuperCard, etc.

Sound

Pioneer 8000 videodisk, Amiga 2000, Macintosh

Touch

hands interface

Smell

Taste

Other

Emergence

2 - Prototype, Components, Testing

Intent

2 - Technique (paradigm, human)

Primary

203 - interactive paradigm, technique

Secondary

308 - information / commerce

Remarks

"Hands on Hawaii" is part of Comm Tech Lab's ongoing research on human interface design for hypermedia and virtual reality. 
"The 'Hands on' interface is well suited for public installations - there are no moving parts or delicate equipment that users touch directly; no supervisor or guide is needed to manage use, and the hygiene issues associated with goggles or gloves are not a concern."

 

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