Body-centric interaction with a screen-based handheld device

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dc.contributor.advisorGreenberg, Saul
dc.contributor.advisorLevy, Richard M.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Xiang (Anthony)
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:37:15Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:37:15Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 112-118en
dc.descriptionSome pages are in colour.en
dc.description.abstractModern mobile devices rely on the screen as a primary input modality. Yet the small screen real-estate limits interaction possibilities, motivating researchers to explore alternate input techniques. Within this arena, this thesis explores Body-Centric Interaction (BCI), specifically in the context of Using a Screen-based Handheld Device. In particular, BCI creates a class of interaction techniques that allows a person to position/orient her mobile device to navigate and manipulate digital contents anchored in the space on and around the body. The research methodology consists of an iterative process of bottom-up prototyping, generalizing recurring design themes, reflecting on these themes and on related work, and producing new designs as a consequence. As a result, this thesis contributes a new design direction for interacting with mobile digital contents where the paradigm shifts from the device's screen to the user's body. A class of interaction techniques, delivered as a set of reusable design examples and three recurring design themes, articulate how this new design direction can be realized, what new experience it can offer, and what issues and challenges we need to address.
dc.format.extentxv, 118 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationChen, X. A. (2012). Body-centric interaction with a screen-based handheld device (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5036en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5036
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106037
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleBody-centric interaction with a screen-based handheld device
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2104 627942974
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