Haptic communication of dimensions of emotions using air jet based tactile stimulation

Tsalamlal, Mohamed Yassine; Ouarti, Nizar; Martin, Jean‐Claude; Ammi, Mehdi

doi:10.1007/s12193-014-0162-3

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“…In the current study, we considered different concepts, including presence and embodiment, as well as self‐report negative and positive affect. Previous studies have shown that haptic feedback in virtual reality can increase the sense of presence and embodiment and the influence positive and negative affect . To the best of our knowledge, no recent study has explored (1) the use of a haptic vest, (2) variations of the haptic feedback stimuli, or (3) the alteration of these two concepts during human–virtual character interaction.…”

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“…Previous studies have shown that haptic feedback in virtual reality can increase the sense of presence 20 and embodiment 21 and the influence positive and negative affect. 22 To the best of our knowledge, no recent study has explored (1) the use of a haptic vest, (2) variations of the haptic feedback stimuli, or (3) the alteration of these two concepts during human-virtual character interaction. The investigation of these three issues is our main contribution.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Human–virtual character interaction: Toward understanding the influence of haptic feedback

Krogmeier¹,

Mousas

Whittinghill³

2019

Computer Animation & Virtual

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In this study, we compare haptic feedback and nonhaptic feedback conditions in which virtual characters bump into the participant who is immersed in a virtual environment. A questionnaire was developed to determine the influence of haptic feedback on a number of concepts (presence, embodiment, positive and negative affect, interaction realism with virtual character, and haptic feedback realism). Physiological data were also collected using galvanic skin response (GSR) to investigate the influence of haptic feedback on physiological arousal during human–virtual character interaction. Five conditions were developed (no haptic feedback, full intensity, half intensity, incorrect position, and delayed timing) to determine which aspects of haptic feedback are most important in influencing participant responses. Significant differences were found in embodiment, realism of virtual character interaction, and haptic feedback realism. In addition, significant differences were found in GSR amplitude after the first interaction with the virtual character. Implications for further research are discussed.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human–virtual character interaction: Toward understanding the influence of haptic feedback

Krogmeier¹,

Mousas

Whittinghill³

2019

Computer Animation & Virtual

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“…Recent experiments show that even simple forms of mediated touch have the ability to elicit a wide range of distinct affective feelings (Tsalamlal et al 2014). This finding has stimulated the study and design of devices and systems that can communicate, elicit, enhance, or influence the emotional state of a human by means of mediated touch.…”

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Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

Erp

Toet²

2015

Front. Digit. Humanit.

144

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Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions and as such essential for our physical and emotional wellbeing. In our digital age, human social interaction is often mediated. However, even though there is increasing evidence that mediated touch affords affective communication, current communication systems (such as videoconferencing) still do not support communication through the sense of touch. As a result, mediated communication does not provide the intense affective experience of co-located communication. The need for ICT mediated or generated touch as an intuitive way of social communication is even further emphasized by the growing interest in the use of touch-enabled agents and robots for healthcare, teaching, and telepresence applications. Here, we review the important role of social touch in our daily life and the available evidence that affective touch can be mediated reliably between humans and between humans and digital agents. We base our observations on evidence from psychology, computer science, sociology, and neuroscience with focus on the first two. Our review shows that mediated affective touch can modulate physiological responses, increase trust and affection, help to establish bonds between humans and avatars or robots, and initiate pro-social behavior. We argue that ICT mediated or generated social touch can (a) intensify the perceived social presence of remote communication partners and (b) enable computer systems to more effectively convey affective information. However, this research field on the crossroads of ICT and psychology is still embryonic and we identify several topics that can help to mature the field in the following areas: establishing an overarching theoretical framework, employing better research methodologies, developing basic social touch building blocks, and solving specific ICT challenges.

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“…Unfortunately, the stroke lengths for each of these techniques is extremely short, 1 cm and 1 mm respectively. Slightly more abstract but still relying on physical motion, a group of researchers has created a stroking sensation via indirect contact with the skin using an air jet [18]. The desire to increase the overall stroke length of a sensation and reduce the complexity of the mechanical design serves as strong motivation for the use of haptic illusions instead of relying on mechanical lateral motion, as in these devices.…”

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Understanding Continuous and Pleasant Linear Sensations on the Forearm From a Sequential Discrete Lateral Skin-Slip Haptic Device

Nunez

Williams

Okamura

et al. 2019

IEEE Trans. Haptics

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A continuous stroking sensation on the skin can convey messages or emotion cues. We seek to induce this sensation using a combination of illusory motion and lateral stroking via a haptic device. Our system provides discrete lateral skin-slip on the forearm with rotating tactors, which independently provide lateral skin-slip in a timed sequence. We vary the sensation by changing the angular velocity and delay between adjacent tactors, such that the apparent speed of the perceived stroke ranges from 2.5 to 48.2 cm/s. We investigated which actuation parameters create the most pleasant and continuous sensations through a user study with 16 participants. On average, the sensations were rated by participants as both continuous and pleasant. The most continuous and pleasant sensations were created by apparent speeds of 7.7 and 5.1 cm/s, respectively. We also investigated the effect of spacing between contact points on the pleasantness and continuity of the stroking sensation, and found that the users experience a pleasant and continuous linear sensation even when the space between contact points is relatively large (40 mm). Understanding how sequential discrete lateral skin-slip creates continuous linear sensations can influence the design and control of future wearable haptic devices. Index Terms-haptic display, wearable devices, skin-slip feedback, haptic illusion ! C. M. Nunez, S. R. Williams, and A. M. Okamura are with the

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Haptic communication of dimensions of emotions using air jet based tactile stimulation

Cited by 33 publications

References 31 publications

Human–virtual character interaction: Toward understanding the influence of haptic feedback

Human–virtual character interaction: Toward understanding the influence of haptic feedback

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

Understanding Continuous and Pleasant Linear Sensations on the Forearm From a Sequential Discrete Lateral Skin-Slip Haptic Device

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