This research investigates how interacting with Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) affects spatial cognition. To study the impact of TUIs, a between subjects study was conducted (n=60) in which students learned about the operation of an anesthesia machine. A TUI was compared to two other interfaces commonly used in anesthesia education: (1) a Graphical User Interface (a 2D abstract simulation model of an anesthesia machine) and (2) a Physical User Interface (a real world anesthesia machine). Overall, the TUI was found to significantly compensate for low user spatial cognition in the domain of anesthesia machine training.
Quarles and colleagues REF demonstrated how AR could be used to teach the principles of operation of an anesthesia machine.
Tangible User Interfaces Compensate for Low Spatial Cognition
2008 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces
2008 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces
Computer Science