Measuring the User Experience of Vibrotactile Feedback on the Finger, Wrist, and Forearm for Touch Input on Large Displays

Abstract

We examine vibrotactile feedback delivered on the finger, wrist, and forearm with the goal of enriching the experience of touch input interactions with public displays. We focus on understanding the user experience of such interactions, which we characterize with a wide spectrum of UX measures, including subjective perceptions of the enjoyment, efficiency, input confidence, integration between touch input and on-body vibrations, distraction, confusion, and complexity of vibrotactile feedback for touch input with public displays. Our empirical findings, from a controlled experiment with fourteen participants, show positive and favorable perceptions of vibrotactile feedback as well as a significant preference for feedback on the finger compared to the wrist and forearm.