HapticHead: A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality

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  • Oliver Beren Kaul
  • Michael Rohs
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksCHI '17
UntertitelProceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Herausgeber (Verlag)Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Seiten3729-3740
Seitenumfang12
ISBN (elektronisch)9781450346559
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2 Mai 2017
Veranstaltung2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017 - Denver, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 6 Mai 201711 Mai 2017

Abstract

Current virtual and augmented reality head-mounted displays usually include no or only a single vibration motor for haptic feedback and do not use it for guidance. We present HapticHead, a system utilizing multiple vibrotactile actuators distributed in three concentric ellipses around the head for intuitive haptic guidance through moving tactile cues. We conducted three experiments, which indicate that HapticHead vibrotactile feedback is both faster (2.6 s vs. 6.9 s) and more precise (96.4 % vs. 54.2 % success rate) than spatial audio (generic head-related transfer function) for finding visible virtual objects in 3D space around the user. The baseline of visual feedback is - as expected - more precise (99.7 % success rate) and faster (1.3 s) in comparison, but there are many applications in which visual feedback is not desirable or available due to lighting conditions, visual overload, or visual impairments. Mean final precision with HapticHead feedback on invisible targets is 2.3° compared to 0.8° with visual feedback. We successfully navigated blindfolded users to real household items at different heights using HapticHead vibrotactile feedback independently of a headmounted display.

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HapticHead: A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality. / Kaul, Oliver Beren; Rohs, Michael.
CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. S. 3729-3740.

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Kaul, OB & Rohs, M 2017, HapticHead: A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality. in CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), S. 3729-3740, 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017, Denver, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 6 Mai 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025684
Kaul, O. B., & Rohs, M. (2017). HapticHead: A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality. In CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (S. 3729-3740). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025684
Kaul OB, Rohs M. HapticHead: A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality. in CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2017. S. 3729-3740 doi: 10.1145/3025453.3025684
Kaul, Oliver Beren ; Rohs, Michael. / HapticHead : A Spherical Vibrotactile Grid around the Head for 3D Guidance in Virtual and Augmented Reality. CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017. S. 3729-3740
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