From: owner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu on behalf of kiyo2@rb3.so-net.ne.jp
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:51 PM
To: 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu
Subject: Re: text/number input in VEs

Hi, Doug,

I'm sorry but I personally don't know any research like this. I just
though my idea was so simple that someone must have tried already...
If not, do you want to compare this 'painful' approach with yours !? :)

p.s. Some people seem to have investigated vertical split keyboard
lowers the injury risk for typists, but not in VEs...
  http://www.safetype.com/cornell.html
  http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/99/11.18.99/vertical_keyboard.html

--Kiyoshi Kiyokawa

> Sounds painful! :-) Seriously, do you know of people who
> have tried this for either VEs or other type of non-traditional
> computing? Any references, web pages, etc.?
> 
> --
> Doug A. Bowman, Ph.D. (540) 231-2058
> Assistant Professor   (540) 231-6075 (fax)
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> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu
> > [mailto:owner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu]On Behalf Of
> > kiyo2@rb3.so-net.ne.jp
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:03 PM
> > To: 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu
> > Subject: Re: text/number input in VEs
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am sorry to break in, but how about using a small split keyboard and
> > tieing them up to fore arms by using splints or something ? If they are
> > small and light enough to wear and tied up in a slanted angle so that
> > hands won't touch them in normal motion and still easy to touch when
> > needed, I think it works... I also think many have already tried the
> > idea, but this comes inbetween your two approaches...?
> >
> > --Kiyoshi Kiyokawa

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Kiyoshi KIYOKAWA <kiyo@crl.go.jp>
Human Interface Technology Laboratory,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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