Abstract
There is a lot of investment in research on displaying texture through a stylus pen. However, little is known about the effect of a stylus pen that can provide the texture of pen and paper on user experience. This study investigated whether there is a change in user experience when using a stylus pen that can provide pen-and- paper texture compared with a typical stylus pen. Experiments involving writing and drawing tasks using three tools (a stylus pen that can provide pen-and-paper texture, a typical stylus pen, and analogue pen and paper) were conducted, and user experiences were compared. After a literature review that examined the factors affecting the experience of using a pen, the experiments were conducted to measure usability and emotions. We found little difference between the typical stylus pen and the stylus pen in providing texture in respect of completion time and amount of error. However, the stylus pen that can provide texture showed results closer to those of the analogue pen and paper, and better results than those of the typical stylus pen in respect of familiarity and overall satisfaction of the usability and emotional variables. Therefore, this study confirmed that user experience is improved when using a stylus pen that can provide the texture of pen and paper.
Highlights
Stylus pens, used as an assistant tool in electronic notebooks in the 1980s, are a major input tool for electronic devices with touch screens, such as smart phones and tablets
This study investigated the change in user experience when using a stylus pen providing the texture of pen and paper
It attempted to examine the directions that should be taken to improve the experience of using stylus pens by comparing a stylus pen providing texture, a typical stylus pen, and an analogue pen and paper
Summary
Stylus pens, used as an assistant tool in electronic notebooks in the 1980s, are a major input tool for electronic devices with touch screens, such as smart phones and tablets. Pressure sensitivity is necessary to show the effect of pressing the analogue pen. This increase in pressure sensitivity shows the development direction of the stylus toward something closer to the analogue pen. The S Pen of the Galaxy Note 8 has a rubber pen tip, and Wacom has stylus products that use a rubber pen tip. Through these efforts, the feeling of friction that occurs when using an analogue pen can be felt to be similar to that when using the stylus pen
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