Use of foot for direct interactions with entities of a virtual environment displayed on a mobile device

摘要

With this paper, we report a novel wearable in-terface dedicated to provide new types of 3D interactions with mobile devices. Proposed interface is based on the fact that the foot can be exploited in the interaction with a virtual 3D world. By using several force sensors incorporated in the sole and an accelerometer attached to the shoe; gestures performed with the foot are interpreted in order to let the user interact with a 3D virtual environment. Being located inside a shoe this interface isudfully compatible to constraints related to mobile devices. Indeed as a wearable and transparent device it can be carried everywhere and therefore can be exploited everywhere.