Evaluation of 3D Haptic Target Rendering to Support Timing in Music Tasks

Ricardo Pedrosa, and Karon E. Maclean

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Haptic feedback is an important element that needs to be carefully designed in computer music interfaces. This paper presents an evaluation of several force renderings for target acquisition in space when used to support a music related task. The study presented here addresses only one musical aspect: the need to repeat elements accurately in time and in content. Several force scenarios will be rendered over a simple 3D target acquisition task and users' performance will be quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated. The results show how the users' subjective preference for a particular kind of force support does not always correlate to a quantitative measurement of performance enhancement. We describe a way in which a control mapping for a musical interface could be achieved without contradicting the users' preferences as obtained from the study.

Citation:

Ricardo Pedrosa, and Karon E. Maclean. 2009. Evaluation of 3D Haptic Target Rendering to Support Timing in Music Tasks. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177657

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Pedrosa2009,
 abstract = {Haptic feedback is an important element that needs to be carefully designed in computer music interfaces. This paper presents an evaluation of several force renderings for target acquisition in space when used to support a music related task. The study presented here addresses only one musical aspect: the need to repeat elements accurately in time and in content. Several force scenarios will be rendered over a simple 3D target acquisition task and users' performance will be quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated. The results show how the users' subjective preference for a particular kind of force support does not always correlate to a quantitative measurement of performance enhancement. We describe a way in which a control mapping for a musical interface could be achieved without contradicting the users' preferences as obtained from the study. },
 address = {Pittsburgh, PA, United States},
 author = {Pedrosa, Ricardo and Maclean, Karon E.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177657},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {music interfaces, force feedback, tempo, comfort, target acquisition. },
 pages = {19--24},
 title = {Evaluation of {3D} Haptic Target Rendering to Support Timing in Music Tasks},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2009/nime2009_019.pdf},
 year = {2009}
}