Game cane: An assistive 3DUI for rehabilitation games

Author

Cantu, Miguel ; Espinoza, Eric ; Rongkai Guo ; Quarles, John

Author_Institution

Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

29-30 March 2014

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The objective of this research is to effectively design a cane interface for assistive and rehabilitative interactions in games. Current 3D interfaces for games are not usable for many populations with physical impairments and are often not adaptable to rehabilitation exercises (e.g., balance exercise, assistive device training). To address this, we present the design of a novel cane-based 3D interface for rehabilitation games. We report results from a user study, which offers insight into the future design and potential effectiveness of canes as rehabilitation game interfaces.

Keywords

computer games; graphical user interfaces; human computer interaction; patient rehabilitation; Game Cane; assistive 3DUI; assistive device training; assistive interactions; balance exercise; cane-based 3D interface; physical impairments; rehabilitation exercises; rehabilitation game interface design; rehabilitative interactions; Assistive devices; Force; Games; Mice; Navigation; Three-dimensional displays; Training; Assistive technology; games; rehabilitation; user study;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces (3DUI), 2014 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2014.6798840

Filename

6798840