Toward Establishing Concept of Tactile Arrow Using Somatosensory

Abstract

This research is a proposal of the concept of a tactile arrow. Production of tactile arrows is performed focusing on three dimensional objects and somatosensory, and characteristics unique to the element of interest are extracted. In this research, the work of the arrow was set as “direction”, “movement” and “meaning”. Its work is accomplished using user active actions. By comparing with the characteristics of conventional arrows, the concept of tactile arrows is established.