A Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared Targeting
Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ben Zhang, Claire Tuna, Yang Li, Edward A. Lee, Bjoern Hartmann

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Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ben Zhang, Claire Tuna, Yang Li, Edward A. Lee, Bjoern Hartmann. "A Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared Targeting". Talk or presentation, 5, November, 2013; Poster presented at the 2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting.

Abstract
We introduce a novel method for selecting and controlling smart appliances in physical spaces through a head-worn computing device with near-eye display and wireless communication. We augment a commercial wearable computing device, Google Glass, with a narrow-beam IR emitter for this purpose. This configuration yields a usable beam width of 2 to 4 feet (60 to 120cm) for targeting at room scale. We describe a disambiguation technique if infrared targeting hits multiple targets simultaneously. A target acquisition study with 14 participants shows that selection using head orientation with our device outperforms list selection on a wearable device. We also report qualitative data from using our device to control multiple appliances in a smart home scenario.

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    Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ben Zhang, Claire Tuna, Yang Li, Edward A.
    Lee, Bjoern Hartmann. <a
    href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/197.html"><i>A
    Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling Physical
    Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared
    Targeting</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  5,
    November, 2013; Poster presented at the <a
    href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
    >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.
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    Yu-Hsiang Chen, Ben Zhang, Claire Tuna, Yang Li, Edward A.
    Lee, Bjoern Hartmann. "A Context Menu for the Real
    World: Controlling Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn
    Infrared Targeting". Talk or presentation,  5,
    November, 2013; Poster presented at the <a
    href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
    >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.
  • BibTeX
    @presentation{ChenZhangTunaLiLeeHartmann13_ContextMenuForRealWorldControllingPhysicalAppliances,
        author = {Yu-Hsiang Chen and Ben Zhang and Claire Tuna and
                  Yang Li and Edward A. Lee and Bjoern Hartmann},
        title = {A Context Menu for the Real World: Controlling
                  Physical Appliances Through Head-Worn Infrared
                  Targeting},
        day = {5},
        month = {November},
        year = {2013},
        note = {Poster presented at the <a
                  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/conferences/13/annual"
                  >2013 TerraSwarm Annual Meeting</a>.},
        abstract = {We introduce a novel method for selecting and
                  controlling smart appliances in physical spaces
                  through a head-worn computing device with near-eye
                  display and wireless communication. We augment a
                  commercial wearable computing device, Google
                  Glass, with a narrow-beam IR emitter for this
                  purpose. This configuration yields a usable beam
                  width of 2 to 4 feet (60 to 120cm) for targeting
                  at room scale. We describe a disambiguation
                  technique if infrared targeting hits multiple
                  targets simultaneously. A target acquisition study
                  with 14 participants shows that selection using
                  head orientation with our device outperforms list
                  selection on a wearable device. We also report
                  qualitative data from using our device to control
                  multiple appliances in a smart home scenario. },
        URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/197.html}
    }
    

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