demonstration

Demo of FlowRing: Seamless Cross-Surface Interaction via Opto-Acoustic Ring

Authors:

Shwetak PatelAuthors Info & Claims

UIST Adjunct '24: Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Article No.: 40, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3672539.3686744

Published: 13 October 2024 Publication History

Get Access

Abstract

We demonstrate FlowRing, a ring-form-factor input device that enables interaction across a range of ad-hoc surfaces including desks, pants, palms and fingertips with seamless switching between them. This versatility supports systems that require both high precision as well as mobile control, such as mobile XR. FlowRing consists of a miniature optical flow sensor, skin-contact microphone, and IMU, providing a unique ergonomic design that rests at the base of the finger like conventional jewelry. We show the potential of FlowRing to enable precise control of interfaces on available surfaces via music player application and whiteboarding application.

References

[1]

Yuran Ding, Craig Shultz, and Chris Harrison. 2023. Surface I/O: Creating Devices with Functional Surface Geometry for Haptics and User Input. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–22.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[2]

John Dudley, Hrvoje Benko, Daniel Wigdor, and Per Ola Kristensson. 2019. Performance Envelopes of Virtual Keyboard Text Input Strategies in Virtual Reality. In 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). 289–300. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR.2019.00027

Crossref

Google Scholar

[3]

Yasha Iravantchi, Yi Zhao, Kenrick Kin, and Alanson P Sample. 2023. SAWSense: Using Surface Acoustic Waves for Surface-bound Event Recognition. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1–18.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[4]

Xin Yi, Chen Liang, Haozhan Chen, Jiuxu Song, Chun Yu, Hewu Li, and Yuanchun Shi. 2023. From 2D to 3D: Facilitating Single-Finger Mid-Air Typing on QWERTY Keyboards with Probabilistic Touch Modeling. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 7, 1, Article 38 (mar 2023), 25 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3580829

Digital Library

Google Scholar

Index Terms

Demo of FlowRing: Seamless Cross-Surface Interaction via Opto-Acoustic Ring
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
    2. Interaction techniques

Recommendations

Investigating interaction with a ring form factor
MUM '17: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia

In this note, we study interaction with a finger worn ring, focusing on interaction enabled by the ring form factor. We report on 2 user studies, the first (n=13) investigating preferences for different interactions, whilst the second (n=7) explores ...
Enabling fast and effortless customisation in accelerometer based gesture interaction
MUM '04: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia

Accelerometer based gesture control is proposed as a complementary interaction modality for handheld devices. Predetermined gesture commands or freely trainable by the user can be used for controlling functions also in other devices. To support ...
Ring form factor: a design space for interaction
ISWC '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

We present a design space for interaction with a ring, worn on the user's finger. Whilst prior work has studied the ring as a means of attachment for hand motion sensors, we investigate the interaction possibilities provided by the natural affordance of ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

UIST Adjunct '24: Adjunct Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

October 2024

394 pages

ISBN:9798400707186

DOI:10.1145/3672539

Editors:
Lining Yao
University of California, Berkeley
,
Mayank Goel
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Alexandra Ion
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Pedro Lopes
University of Chicago

Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the Owner/Author.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 13 October 2024

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Demonstration
Research
Refereed limited

Conference

UIST '24

Sponsor:

UIST '24: The 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

October 13 - 16, 2024

PA, Pittsburgh, USA

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 355 of 1,733 submissions, 20%

Upcoming Conference

UIST '25

Sponsor:
sigchi
sigchi

The 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

September 28 - October 1, 2025

Busan , Republic of Korea

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

0
Total Citations
94
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)94
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)17

Reflects downloads up to 05 Mar 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

HTML Format

View this article in HTML Format.

HTML Format

Abstract

References

Index Terms

Recommendations

Investigating interaction with a ring form factor

Enabling fast and effortless customisation in accelerometer based gesture interaction

Ring form factor: a design space for interaction

Comments

Information

Published In

Sponsors

Publisher

Publication History

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Conference

Acceptance Rates

Upcoming Conference

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

Other Metrics

Citations

Login options

Full Access

View options

PDF

eReader

HTML Format

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media

Affiliations