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Ubiquitous computing is spreading as a post-desktop model of human-computer interaction, in which information processing is thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities. This study focuses on the vibrotactile signals for sharing and feeling the brief information among several users. The information here is limited to brief information which does not include detailed information but does cover the rough idea of the content of the information, so that the data size of the information can be kept very small. This paper presents a prototype device for vibrotactile messaging called VIBRATO. Then it shows the experimental results regarding VIBRATO message under different conditions and clarifies how to use VIBRATO effectively for understanding vibrotactile messages. The simple vibration alert used in a silent mode of mobile phones does not fully exploit the potential of vibration as a means of communication. This experiment shows how to exploit this potentiality of vibration.
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Ito, T. (2009). Preliminary Study on Vibrotactile Messaging for Sharing Brief Information. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Novel Interaction Methods and Techniques. HCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5611. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02577-8_49
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