Pintaric, T., Kment, T., & Spreicer, W. (2008). SqueezeOrb: A Low-Cost Pressure-Sensitive User Input Device. In Proceedings of the 2008 ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology - VRST ’08 (pp. 269–270). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/1450579.1450647
15th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2008)
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Event date:
27-Oct-2008 - 29-Oct-2008
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Event place:
Bordeaux, France
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Number of Pages:
2
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Publisher:
ACM Press, New York, NY, USA
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Peer reviewed:
Yes
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Keywords:
Pressure-sensitive Input Device; Force Sensor; Haptic Monitoring; Handgrip Measurement
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Abstract:
This paper introduces a new low-cost pressure-sensitive user input device called "SqueezeOrb". The device is built from an assembly force-sensing resistors embedded in an elastic hand exerciser. A USB-enabled microcontroller continuously samples the sensors, applies a double-exponential noise-reduction filter and streams the resulting "handgrip strength" measurement to an attached host computer at a frequency of up to 1000 Hz. When combined with optical motion-tracking, the SqueezeOrb becomes a pressure-sensing input device for three dimensional interaction.
