Headbang: Using Head Gestures to Trigger Discrete Actions on Mobile Devices

Paper at ACM MobileHCI '20

by Sebastian Hueber, Christian Cherek, Philipp Wacker, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers

Abstract

We present Headbang, an interaction technique that enriches touch input on handheld devices through slight head movement gestures. This way, users can easily execute shortcuts, like Copy, Paste, or Share, to on-screen targets while touching them. Headbang utilizes the capabilities of commodity smartphones to track the user's head with their front facing cameras. We evaluated Headbang in two studies and show that the system can be reliably used while sitting and walking and offers a similar accuracy and speed as touch interaction.

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Authors

Sebastian
Hueber

Christian
Cherek

Philipp
Wacker

Simon
Völker

Jan
Borchers

Publications

    2020

  • Sebastian Hueber, Christian Cherek, Philipp Wacker, Jan Borchers and Simon Voelker. Headbang: Using Head Gestures to Trigger Discrete Actions on Mobile Devices.  In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI '20, pages 10, ACM, New York, NY, USA, October 2020.
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