Tactile displays are now becoming available in a form that can be easily used in a user interface. This paper describes a new form of tactile output. Tactons, or tactile re struct...
Tactile icons (Tactons) are structured vibrotactile messages which can be used for non visual information display. Information is encoded in Tactons by manipulating vibrotactile p...
Lorna M. Brown, Stephen A. Brewster, Helen C. Purc...
This paper describes a novel form of display using tactile output. Tactons, or tactile icons, are structured tactile messages that can be used to communicate message to users non-...
This paper reports an experiment into the design of crossmodal icons which can provide an alternative form of output for mobile devices using audio and tactile modalities to commu...
We present an investigation into the use of Tactons to present progress information. Progress bars are common but must compete for screen space and visual attention with other vis...