Questioning user experience: A comparison between visual, auditory and haptic guidance messages among older pedestrians

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Abstract

Designing a navigation aid adapted to older pedestrians' specificities could help in preserving their autonomy. Indeed, older people rely on walk for their daily journeys more than any other people. But cognitive and perceptive abilities may decline with aging and impair the pedestrian mobility. This study was aimed at comparing visual, auditory and haptic guidance messages among older pedestrians. Navigation performance and user experience (UX) were taken into account. Time to destination and rate of correct responses were measured in a pedestrian navigation simulator. Post-Activity interviews were used to question participants' perceptions, feelings and hesitations. Results showed great performance and UX for visual messages, whereas results were mixed for haptic messages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
Subtitle of host publicationTowards the Mediterranean, CHItaly 2017
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450352376
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Sept 2017
Event12th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Towards the Mediterranean, CHItaly 2017 - Cagliari, Italy
Duration: 18 Sept 201720 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
VolumePart F131371

Conference

Conference12th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter: Towards the Mediterranean, CHItaly 2017
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityCagliari
Period18/09/1720/09/17

Keywords

  • Navigation
  • Older people
  • Pedestrian
  • Sensory modalities
  • User experience
  • Virtual environment

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