M-Hair: Creating Novel Tactile Feedback by Augmenting the Body Hair to Respond to Magnetic Field

MAGHair: A Wearable System to Create Unique Tactile Feedback by Stimulating Only the Body Hair

“…We also present a customized magnetic recipe, where we evaluate and characterize the response of the hair to magnetic fields. Our proposed recipe shows a significant improvement than the off-the-shelf cosmetics used in previous research [4].…”

“…However, this technique requires complex mechanical precision. Our work builds on recent research by Boldu et al [4], who proposed an alternative approach of simulating the hair with magnetic fields.…”

“…However, the authors applied the sensation to the overall forearm surface instead of a specific area. Another approach that gives a more focused stimulation is the one used by Boldu et al in M-Hair [3,4]. The authors augment the body hair with off-the-shelf ferromagnetic cosmetics to attract the hair from a certain distance with magnetic fields.…”

“…Emerging research focuses on the potential of applying cosmetics to the body hair for HCI proposes. Boldu et al presented magnetic cosmetics [4], which are cosmetics that have a high concentration of ferromagnetic particles and, thus, reactive to magnetic fields. These cosmetics were obtained through mixing off-the-shelf cosmetics, which had a low concentration of ferromagnetic particles, and the researchers did not report the characteristics of the recipe.…”

“…Previous research [4] explored the usage of body hair as a haptic interface. Their approach consisted of augmenting the hair with a mix of off-the-shelf cosmetics and then stimulating these ones with a permanent magnet attached to the head of a large moving 2D plotter.…”