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Enhancing VR-based visualization with a 2D vibrotactile array

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Christoph W. Borst,

Vijay B. BaiyyaAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '07: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

Pages 183 - 186

https://doi.org/10.1145/1315184.1315218

Published: 05 November 2007 Publication History

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We discuss methods to enable haptic visualization on vibrotactile arrays. Our work is motivated by the potential for a tactile array to provide an additional useful channel for information such as location cues related to dataset features or remote user behaviors. We present a framework for array rendering and several specific techniques. Novel aspects of our work include the example application of a palm-sized tactile array to visualize dataset features or remote user state in a VR system, a generalized haptic glyph mechanism for 2D tactile arrays, and the extension of graphical visualization techniques to haptics (glyphs, fisheye distortion, spatial anti-aliasing, gamma correction).

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Index Terms

Enhancing VR-based visualization with a 2D vibrotactile array
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices

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VRST '07: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

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ISBN:9781595938633

DOI:10.1145/1315184

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https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2016.2599492
Lee HLee JKim CKim GKim EWhang M(2015)Brain Process for Perception of the “Out of the Body” Tactile Illusion for Virtual Object InteractionSensors10.3390/s15040791315:4(7913-7932)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2015
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