Evaluation of text input mechanisms for wearable computers

• Published in: Virtual reality : the journal of the Virtual Reality Society Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 187 - 199
• Main Authors: Thomas, B., Tyerman, S., Grimmer, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Godalming, Surrey Springer Nature B.V 01.09.1998
• Subjects: Forearm; Graphical user interface; Input devices; Keyboards; Wearable technology

This paper reports on an experiment investigating the functionality and usability of novel input devices on a wearable computer for text entry tasks. Over a 3-week period, 12 subjects used three different input devices to create and save short textual messages. The virtual keyboard, forearm keyboard...