TY  - GEN
A1  - Schneider, Oliver
A1  - Shigeyama, Jotaro
A1  - Kovacs, Robert
A1  - Roumen, Thijs Jan
A1  - Marwecki, Sebastian
A1  - Böckhoff, Nico
A1  - Glöckner, Daniel Amadeus Johannes
A1  - Bounama, Jonas
A1  - Baudisch, Patrick
T1  - DualPanto
BT  - a haptic device that enables blind users to continuously interact with virtual worlds
T2  - UIST '18: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
N2  - We present a new haptic device that enables blind users to continuously track the absolute position of moving objects in spatial virtual environments, as is the case in sports or shooter games. Users interact with DualPanto by operating the me handle with one hand and by holding on to the it handle with the other hand. Each handle is connected to a pantograph haptic input/output device. The key feature is that the two handles are spatially registered with respect to each other. When guiding their avatar through a virtual world using the me handle, spatial registration enables users to track moving objects by having the device guide the output hand. This allows blind players of a 1-on-1 soccer game to race for the ball or evade an opponent; it allows blind players of a shooter game to aim at an opponent and dodge shots. In our user study, blind participants reported very high enjoyment when using the device to play (6.5/7).
KW  - Haptics
KW  - force-feedback
KW  - accessibility
KW  - blind
KW  - visually impaired
KW  - gaming
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-1-4503-5948-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1145/3242587.3242604
SP  - 877
EP  - 887
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tanski, George
A1  - Bergstedt, Helena
A1  - Bevington, Alexandre
A1  - Bonnaventure, Philip
A1  - Bouchard, Frederic
A1  - Coch, Caroline
A1  - Dumais, Simon
A1  - Evgrafova, Alevtina
A1  - Frauenfeld, Oliver W.
A1  - Frederick, Jennifer
A1  - Fritz, Michael
A1  - Frolov, Denis
A1  - Harder, Silvie
A1  - Hartmeyer, Ingo
A1  - Heslop, Joanne
A1  - Hoegstroem, Elin
A1  - Johansson, Margareta
A1  - Kraev, Gleb
A1  - Kuznetsova, Elena
A1  - Lenz, Josefine
A1  - Lupachev, Alexey
A1  - Magnin, Florence
A1  - Martens, Jannik
A1  - Maslakov, Alexey
A1  - Morgenstern, Anne
A1  - Nieuwendam, Alexandre
A1  - Oliva, Marc
A1  - Radosavljevi, Boris
A1  - Ramage, Justine Lucille
A1  - Schneider, Andrea
A1  - Stanilovskaya, Julia
A1  - Strauss, Jens
A1  - Trochim, Erin
A1  - Vecellio, Daniel J.
A1  - Weber, Samuel
A1  - Lantuit, Hugues
T1  - The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is getting older
BT  - The past, present, and future of our evolving community
JF  - Polar record
N2  - A lasting legacy of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008 was the promotion of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN), initially an IPY outreach and education activity by the International Permafrost Association (IPA). With the momentum of IPY, PYRN developed into a thriving network that still connects young permafrost scientists, engineers, and researchers from other disciplines. This research note summarises (1) PYRN’s development since 2005 and the IPY’s role, (2) the first 2015 PYRN census and survey results, and (3) PYRN’s future plans to improve international and interdisciplinary exchange between young researchers. The review concludes that PYRN is an established network within the polar research community that has continually developed since 2005. PYRN’s successful activities were largely fostered by IPY. With >200 of the 1200 registered members active and engaged, PYRN is capitalising on the availability of social media tools and rising to meet environmental challenges while maintaining its role as a successful network honouring the legacy of IPY.
KW  - Early-career scientists
KW  - Education
KW  - IPY
KW  - International Polar Year
KW  - Outreach
KW  - Permafrost Young Researchers Network
KW  - PYRN
KW  - Science communication
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247418000645
SN  - 0032-2474
SN  - 1475-3057
VL  - 55
IS  - 4
SP  - 216
EP  - 219
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - New York
ER  -