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Force-Based Digital Thimble for VR
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  • Release Date: 2024-12-24
  • Fitts’ law
  • wearable computing
  • embodied interaction
  • input and interaction
  • touch
  • pointing
  • target selection
  • sorting
  • teleportation
Video Introduction

This video is adapted from 10.3390/app142311018

This video presents the Digital Thimble, an index-finger-wearable device designed for free-hand interactions in virtual reality (VR) by varying the touch contact force on a surface. It contains an optical mouse sensor for tracking and a pressure sensor for detecting contact force. A Fitts' law study compared the Digital Thimble with a commercial finger mouse and a VR controller using both on-press and on-release selection methods. The results showed that the finger mouse provided higher throughput (3.11 bps) and faster speed (1258 ms) compared to the VR controller (2.89 bps; 1327 ms) and the Digital Thimble (2.61 bps; 1487 ms). Further evaluation in sorting and teleportation tasks demonstrated that the Digital Thimble delivered better accuracy and precision. Participants favored the Digital Thimble for its comfort and convenience, highlighting its potential as a user-friendly VR input device.

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