Instructor: Syahrul Nizam Junaini

Course Synopsis

This course gives elementary introduction to concepts, methods and applications of multimodal interaction technology. The course covers fundamentals issues in multimodal interaction and interfacing. The students will also learn non-traditional multimodal interface such as olfactory and taste interfaces.

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After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Compare and contrast between traditional and non-traditional interfaces.
• Define multimodal user interface.
• Discuss challenges in multimodal interaction design.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define what haptic interface is.
• List the example of haptic devices.
• Examine about human haptic sensing.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define what gesture interface is.
• Explain how basic gesture interface system works.
• Examine gesture interface areas of application.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define what locomotion interface is.
• Explain how body movement controls locomotion device direction and speed.
• Examine the nature of locomotion interface.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define what auditory interface is.
• Explain why auditory interfaces are the alternative to visual interface
• List the examples of auditory user interface.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define voice user interfaces and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Interfaces.
• Explain how IVR works.
• Examine benefits and challenges of IVR.

After successfully completing this topic, you will be able to:

• Define what olfactory interface is.
• List the source of odorant.
• Examine technical issues in generating smells.