Synesthesia suit

Konishi, Yukari; Hanamitsu, Nobuhisa; Outram, Benjamin; Minamizawa, Kouta; Mizuguchi, Tetsuya; Sato, Ayahiko

doi:10.1145/2929490.2932629

Cited by 47 publications

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“…Several attempts have been made to improve the sense of immersion through multimodal stimulation. For instance, Tactile Jacket [17] and Synesthesia Suit [18] provide vibration sensations or tactile sensations, which are achieved through the installation of vibrators on clothes to stimulate the cutaneous senses. Although both can stimulate a wide range of body parts, they are not designed to provide sensations that induce body movements.…”

Section: Stimulating Multimodal Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Method to Grasp a Feeling of Being There by Turning a Head Forcibly while Watching a Tourism Video using a VR Headset

2020

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In virtual reality (VR) tourism, when watching a video of a tourist location, the feeling of presence improves the experience. Furthermore, it is desirable to be able to give a feeling of having been there before to the users visiting the site afterward. In this study, we aimed to reveal the factors that provide these feelings. We hypothesized that one of the factors is the perception of self-motion. Therefore, we proposed a method wherein the users were induced to turn their heads to the left and right when watching the video of a tourist site via a VR head-mounted display. We conducted two experiments and found that the proposed method conveyed the greatest sense of presence. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in giving the feeling of having been there between the proposed method and watching the video of the site on a PC.

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Section: Stimulating Multimodal Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Method to Grasp a Feeling of Being There by Turning a Head Forcibly while Watching a Tourism Video using a VR Headset

2020

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“…Vibrotactile feedback has been thoroughly investigated in previous literatures. Numerous works presented vibrotactile systems for the torso using vests (Lindeman et al 2004;Konishi et al 2016;Jones et al 2004;Wu et al 2010). While vibrotactile feedback has a wide array of applications, it remains limited; as vibrations cannot stimulate sensations like shear forces or strong impact (Ion et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most haptic wearable devices explicitly provide a single type of feedback (Hardlight VR 2018;Konishi et al 2016;Jones et al 2004;Wu et al 2010). Therefore, users have to wear many devices to receive multiple types of stimuli on various body locations.…”

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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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“…The gaming industry makes use of haptic illusions to supplement their gameplay. REZ's Synesthesia suit uses vibrotactile feedback to enhance the psychedelic visual and auditory gaming experience [23]. The overload of multi-modal stimulation is suitable in the context of the game.…”

Section: Haptic Interface Designmentioning

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Creative Haptic Interface Design for the Aging Population

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2018

Assistive Technologies in Smart Cities

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Audiovisual human-computer-interfaces still make up the majority of content to the public; however, haptic interfaces offer unique advantage over the dominant information infrastructure, particularly for users with a disability or diminishing cognitive and physical skills like the elderly. The tactile sense allows users to integrate new, unobstructive channels for digital information into their sensorium, one that is less likely to be overwhelmed compared to vision and audition. Haptics research focus on the development of hardware, improving resolution, modality, and fidelity of the actuators. Despite the technological limitations, haptic interfaces are shown to reinforce physical skill acquisition, therapy, and communication. This chapter will present key characteristics intuitive tactile interfaces should capture for elderly end-users; sample projects will showcase unique applications and designs that identify the limitations of the UI.

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Synesthesia suit

Cited by 47 publications

References 3 publications

Method to Grasp a Feeling of Being There by Turning a Head Forcibly while Watching a Tourism Video using a VR Headset

Method to Grasp a Feeling of Being There by Turning a Head Forcibly while Watching a Tourism Video using a VR Headset

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

Creative Haptic Interface Design for the Aging Population

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