Sensory VR

Harley, Daniel; Verni, Alexander; Willis, Mackenzie; Ng, Ashley P.; Bozzo, Lucas; Mazalek, Ali

doi:10.1145/3173225.3173241

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“…A number of studies have shown that haptic feedback fosters embodied interaction, presence and immersion in virtual environments (e.g. [2,5,14,34,35]). Generally, this feedback is provided either by active or passive haptics.…”

Section: Haptics In Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does It Feel Real?

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Reinschluessel

Drewes

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Professionals in domains like film, theater, or architecture often rely on physical models to visualize spaces. With virtual reality (VR) new tools are available providing immersive experiences with correct perceptions of depth and scale. However, these lack the tangibility of physical models. Using tangible objects in VR can close this gap but creates the challenges of producing suitable objects and interacting with them with only the virtual objects visible. This work addresses these challenges by evaluating tangibles with three haptic fidelities: equal disc-shaped tangibles for all virtual objects, Lego-built tangibles, and 3D-printed tangibles resembling the virtual shapes. We present results from a comparative study on immersion, performance, and intuitive interaction and interviews with domain experts. The results show that 3D-printed objects perform best, but Lego offers a good trade-off between fast creation of tangibles and sufficient fidelity. The experts rate our approach as useful and would use all three versions. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Virtual reality; Haptic devices; User studies;

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Section: Haptics In Virtual Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does It Feel Real?

Muender

Reinschluessel

Drewes

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Developing the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework However, though our other senses of smell, touch, and taste have not entered mainstream usage, there are development attempts underway (cf. Harley et al, 2018).…”

Section: Space Relations: I-space-worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

Lewis

2021

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Ivan Kalmar (2005) suggests, 'if McLuhan's name no longer rings as it once did, it is because history has paid his ideas the compliment of making them commonplace' (227).1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies12 Semiotics, the study of words and language-sign and signifier-is mostly outside the scope of this book. However, it is quite important, so there is a place for it within the framework/instrument I develop.1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies imply autonomy and separation. Kenneth Gergen (2009: xxvii) describes this issue quite well:The very idea of individual persons is a byproduct of relational process. But how can I describe this process without using a language that inherently divides the world into bounded entities? To be more specific, by relying on common conventions of writing, I will invariably rely on nouns and pronouns, both of which designate bounded or identifiable units. The very phrase, 'I rely on you….' already defines me as separate from you.[…] Try as I may to create a sense of process that precedes the construction of entities, the conventions of language resist. They virtually insist that separate entities exist prior to relationship.

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“…Mae and Tuanquin (2017) explored behavioral changes in eating habits using VR, where they introduced redirected eating (RE), which controlled food desirability through olfactory and visual manipulations of real food within VR. Harley et al (2018) explored involving various non-digital and passive sensory stimuli with eating in VR, such as touch, smell among others. Arnold et al (2018) explored eating in VR as a part of a game mechanic, where users had to physically grab and eat food in order to win the game.…”

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“…Therefore, users have to wear many devices to receive multiple types of stimuli on various body locations. Multipurpose feedback devices are an emerging direction to address these challenges by triggering different stimuli, thus yielding higher immersion (Murakami et al 2017;Choi et al 2018;Dementyev et al 2016;Ranasinghe et al 2017Ranasinghe et al , 2018Harley et al 2018).…”

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HapticSnakes: multi-haptic feedback wearable robots for immersive virtual reality

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Haptic feedback plays a large role in enhancing immersion and presence in VR. However, previous research and commercial products have limitations in terms of variety and locations of delivered feedbacks. To address these challenges, we present HapticSnakes, which are snake-like waist-worn robots that can deliver multiple types of feedback in various body locations, including taps-, gestures-, airflow-, brushing- and gripper-based feedbacks. We developed two robots, one is lightweight and suitable for taps and gestures, while the other is capable of multiple types of feedback. We presented a design space based on our implementations and conducted two evaluations. Since taps are versatile, easy to deliver and largely unexplored, our first evaluation focused on distinguishability of tap strengths and locations on the front and back torso. Participants had highest accuracy in distinguishing feedback on the uppermost regions and had superior overall accuracy in distinguishing feedback strengths over locations. Our second user study investigated HapticSnakes’ ability to deliver multiple feedback types within VR experiences, as well as users’ impressions of wearing our robots and receiving novel feedback in VR. The results indicate that participants had distinct preferences for feedbacks and were in favor of using our robots throughout. Based on the results of our evaluations, we extract design considerations and discuss research challenges and opportunities for developing multi-haptic feedback robots.

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Sensory VR

Cited by 84 publications

References 54 publications

Does It Feel Real?

Does It Feel Real?

Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject

HapticSnakes: multi-haptic feedback wearable robots for immersive virtual reality

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