PropellerHand: A Hand-Mounted, Propeller-Based Force Feedback Device

Achberger, Alexander; Heyen, Frank; Vidakovic, Kresimir; Sedlmair, Michael

doi:10.1145/3481549.3481563

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Achberger

Heyen

Vidackovic

et al. 2022

J Vis

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Immersive analytics often takes place in virtual environments which promise the users immersion. To fulfill this promise, sensory feedback, such as haptics, is an important component, which is however not well supported yet. Existing haptic devices are often expensive, stationary, or occupy the user’s hand, preventing them from grasping objects or using a controller. We propose PropellerHand, an ungrounded hand-mounted haptic device with two rotatable propellers, that allows exerting forces on the hand without obstructing hand use. PropellerHand is able to simulate feedback such as weight and torque by generating thrust up to 11 N in 2-DOF and a torque of 1.87 Nm in 2-DOF. Its design builds on our experience from quantitative and qualitative experiments with different form factors and parts. We evaluated our prototype through a qualitative user study in various VR scenarios that required participants to manipulate virtual objects in different ways, while changing between torques and directional forces. Results show that PropellerHand improves users’ immersion in virtual reality. Additionally, we conducted a second user study in the field of immersive visualization to investigate the potential benefits of PropellerHand there. Graphical abstract

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Touching data with PropellerHand

Achberger

Heyen

Vidackovic

et al. 2022

J Vis

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STROE: An Ungrounded String-Based Weight Simulation Device

Achberger

Arulrajah

Sedlmair

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)

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Immersive analytics: An overview

Klein

Sedlmair

Schreiber

2022

It - Information Technology

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Immersive Analytics is concerned with the systematic examination of the benefits and challenges of using immersive environments for data analysis, and the development of corresponding designs that improve the quality and efficiency of the analysis process. While immersive technologies are now broadly available, practical solutions haven’t received broad acceptance in real-world applications outside of several core areas, and proper guidelines on the design of such solutions are still under development. Both fundamental research and applications bring together topics and questions from several fields, and open a wide range of directions regarding underlying theory, evidence from user studies, and practical solutions tailored towards the requirements of application areas. We give an overview on the concepts, topics, research questions, and challenges.

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PropellerHand: A Hand-Mounted, Propeller-Based Force Feedback Device

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Touching data with PropellerHand

Touching data with PropellerHand

STROE: An Ungrounded String-Based Weight Simulation Device

Immersive analytics: An overview

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