{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7153763482","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799282","title":"How Low Can Your Thumb Go? Investigating the Precision of Unidirectional Thumb Movements","display_name":"How Low Can Your Thumb Go? Investigating the Precision of Unidirectional Thumb Movements","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7153763482","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799282"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799282","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799282","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://hal.science/hal-05600398","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052585449","display_name":"Ethan Eddy","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-3729"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106938459","display_name":"University of New Brunswick","ror":"https://ror.org/05nkf0n29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ethan Eddy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-3729","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025818642","display_name":"Erik Scheme","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-1016"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106938459","display_name":"University of New Brunswick","ror":"https://ror.org/05nkf0n29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Erik J Scheme","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-1016","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074124908","display_name":"G\u00e9ry Casiez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-815X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1294671590","display_name":"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique","ror":"https://ror.org/02feahw73","country_code":"FR","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2279609970","display_name":"Universit\u00e9 de Lille","ror":"https://ror.org/02kzqn938","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2279609970"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I7454413","display_name":"\u00c9cole Centrale de Lille","ror":"https://ror.org/01x441g73","country_code":"FR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I7454413"]}],"countries":["FR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"G\u00e9ry Casiez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inria, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, Lille, France"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-815X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. Lille, CNRS, Inria, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, Lille, France","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7454413","https://openalex.org/I2279609970","https://openalex.org/I1294671590"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040959667","display_name":"Scott Bateman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-2163"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I106938459","display_name":"University of New Brunswick","ror":"https://ror.org/05nkf0n29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Scott Bateman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-2163","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I106938459"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10982","display_name":"Motor Control and Adaptation","score":0.8046000003814697,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10982","display_name":"Motor Control and Adaptation","score":0.8046000003814697,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11431","display_name":"Action Observation and Synchronization","score":0.02800000086426735,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10789","display_name":"Interactive and Immersive Displays","score":0.019600000232458115,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thumb","display_name":"Thumb","score":0.4659000039100647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kinematics","display_name":"Kinematics","score":0.2648000121116638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/noise","display_name":"Noise (video)","score":0.2484000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.24770000576972961}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.499099999666214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776881184","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83360","display_name":"Thumb","level":2,"score":0.4659000039100647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.39469999074935913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3937999904155731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39920418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11476","display_name":"Kinematics","level":2,"score":0.2648000121116638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99498987","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2210247","display_name":"Noise (video)","level":3,"score":0.2484000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.24770000576972961},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24890656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82811","display_name":"Acoustics","level":1,"score":0.24469999969005585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.23729999363422394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.22550000250339508}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799282","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799282","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:HAL:hal-05600398v1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hal.science/hal-05600398","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402512","display_name":"HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1294671590","host_organization_name":"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"2026, pp.1 - 6. ⟨10.1145/3772363.3799282⟩","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/other"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:HAL:hal-05600398v1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hal.science/hal-05600398","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402512","display_name":"HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1294671590","host_organization_name":"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1294671590"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"2026, pp.1 - 6. ⟨10.1145/3772363.3799282⟩","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/other"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","ror":"https://ror.org/01h531d29"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1982673860","https://openalex.org/W2004717738","https://openalex.org/W2012865772","https://openalex.org/W2032473366","https://openalex.org/W2036530198","https://openalex.org/W2063289012","https://openalex.org/W2072877413","https://openalex.org/W2097248932","https://openalex.org/W2100056145","https://openalex.org/W2116015365","https://openalex.org/W2140200953","https://openalex.org/W2141049796","https://openalex.org/W2156245169","https://openalex.org/W2156665908","https://openalex.org/W2158857778","https://openalex.org/W2469690627","https://openalex.org/W2508112722","https://openalex.org/W2754253996","https://openalex.org/W2941851345","https://openalex.org/W2943812804","https://openalex.org/W2977676211","https://openalex.org/W3039727276","https://openalex.org/W3195555841","https://openalex.org/W4389300776","https://openalex.org/W4396832618","https://openalex.org/W4403333880","https://openalex.org/W4404634950","https://openalex.org/W4412600703","https://openalex.org/W4413968224"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Thumb-based":[0],"microgestures":[1,29,126],"are":[2],"becoming":[3],"increasingly":[4],"explored":[5],"as":[6],"an":[7,71],"enabling":[8],"input":[9],"due":[10],"to":[11,42,89,138],"their":[12],"subtlety":[13],"and":[14,21,58,114,133],"intuitiveness.":[15],"As":[16],"hardware":[17,57,135],"becomes":[18],"cheaper,":[19],"smaller,":[20],"more":[22],"accurate,":[23],"the":[24,33,59,62,75,80,129,134],"achievable":[25],"precision":[26],"of":[27,35,61,74,109],"thumb-based":[28,125],"is":[30,104],"increasing,":[31],"approaching":[32],"limits":[34],"human":[36],"motor":[37],"control.":[38],"However,":[39],"people's":[40],"ability":[41],"produce":[43],"small,":[44],"precise":[45],"thumb":[46],"movements":[47],"remains":[48],"largely":[49],"unknown,":[50],"leaving":[51],"designers":[52],"uncertain":[53],"about":[54],"suitable":[55],"sensing":[56],"boundaries":[60],"interaction":[63],"techniques":[64],"that":[65,101],"can":[66,84],"be":[67,90],"supported.":[68],"We":[69,98],"provide":[70],"initial":[72],"quantification":[73],"thumb's":[76,130],"useful":[77],"resolution":[78,136],"(i.e.":[79],"smallest":[81],"movement":[82,110],"users":[83],"reliably":[85],"produce),":[86],"estimating":[87],"it":[88],"\u223c1":[91],"mm":[92],"in":[93],"a":[94],"single,":[95],"controlled":[96],"grip.":[97],"further":[99],"show":[100],"this":[102],"limit":[103],"consistent":[105],"across":[106],"four":[107],"directions":[108],"(up,":[111],"down,":[112],"left,":[113],"right).":[115],"Our":[116],"findings":[117],"offer":[118],"practical":[119],"guidance":[120],"for":[121],"designing":[122],"expressive,":[123],"high-precision":[124],"by":[127],"characterizing":[128],"controllable":[131],"granularity":[132],"required":[137],"support":[139],"such":[140],"interactions.":[141]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2026-04-13T00:00:00"}