Tactile Emotions: A Vibrotactile Tactile Gamepad for Transmitting Emotional Messages to Children with Autism

Changeon, Gwénaël; Graeff, Delphine; Anastassova, Margarita; Lozada, José

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31401-8_8

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“…In contrast, the review identified that only the devices utilising force feedback were mounted on the hand. One of the devices utilised a custom designed actuator to produce vibration [26], with the remaining devices mostly utilising off the shelf components. This included a vibrotactile glove that exclusively utilised off the shelf components [27].…”

Section: Wearable Haptic Devicesmentioning

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An Intuitive Tangible Game Controller

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Brown

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Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment

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This paper outlines the development of a sensory feedback device providing a tangible interface for controlling digital environments, in this example a flight simulator, where the intention for the device is that it is relatively low cost, versatile and intuitive. Gesture based input allows for a more immersive experience, so rather than making the user feel like they are controlling an aircraft the intuitive interface allows the user to become the aircraft that is controlled by the movements of the user's hand. The movements are designed to allow a sense of immersion that would be difficult to achieve with an alternative interface.A vibrotactile based haptic feedback is incorporated in the device to further enhance the connection between the user and the game environment by providing immediate confirmation of game events. When used for navigating an aircraft simulator, this device invites playful action and thrill. It bridges new territory on portable, low cost solutions for haptic devices in gaming contexts.

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Section: Wearable Haptic Devicesmentioning

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“…Their key limitation is a tendency to drift over time -particularly when being used to provide positional information. To overcome this limitation, technologies like the Microsoft Kinect can be used to supplement the data provided by these devices [26].…”

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An Intuitive Tangible Game Controller

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“…Devices. The editor was tested with two different devices: a custom-built bracelet [11] and a gamepad developed by Changeon et al [7]. The custom vibrotactile bracelet (Fig.…”

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“…The actuators are linked in series to a supervisor microcontroller that synchronizes the actuation level, the spatial distribution and the timing of the tactile stimuli. The gamepad [7] is composed of eight actuators, with independent frequency and amplitude, and a microcontroller to drive the actuators. Each actuator contains a coil, in a ferromagnetic core, that interacts with a magnet.…”

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“…The haptic modality has successfully been used for example for providing navigation cues [4,5,6], status information about mobile phone applications (e.g. activity of email inbox [1]) or for enhancing the education and learning [7], among many other existing applications. However, a lot of effort is still spent on designing appropriate, intuitive and discriminable vibrotactile cues, through numerous development iterations and user evaluations [8], often specific to one device and one application, and usually requiring specific device and programming knowledge.…”

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TactiPEd: Easy Prototyping of Tactile Patterns

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Anastassova

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2013

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. We present the design and evaluation of a tactile editor, TactiPEd for the rapid and easy prototyping of vibrotactile patterns. It is based on the graphical metaphor of the shape of the device, which is used for the tuning of the main tactile characteristics, including amplitude, frequency and duration of tactile sequences. The editor includes file systems functionalities using the XML format along with playing and recording functionalities. The editor was thoroughly evaluated: a usability evaluation was conducted with 9 participants, the designed metaphor-based patterns were analyzed for insights on cross-device design and finally the editor was tested with several devices. TactiPEd was successfully and easily used with little training and enabled users to design patterns in little time. The resulting patterns shared common characteristics across the devices for a given metaphor.Keywords: tactile feedback, tactile pattern authoring, vibrotactile pattern. IntroductionThe development of wearable tactile devices, in the forms of bracelets [1, 2, 3], vests [4] or belts [5], has been increasing, in particular for mobile and wearable computing. By providing an alternative channel for communication, these devices enable the transmission of information in an eyes-free, ear-free and discrete manner, useful not only in contexts where other modalities are not available but also when they are heavily used, all the while letting the user focus on the surrounding environment. For instance in mobility, it frees the user from staring continuously at his smartphone screen for information whilst walking [6] and thus enables him to stay aware of the potential dangers incoming from traffic of cars and people. The haptic modality has successfully been used for example for providing navigation cues [4,5,6], status information about mobile phone applications (e.g. activity of email inbox [1]) or for enhancing the education and learning [7], among many other existing applications. However, a lot of effort is still spent on designing appropriate, intuitive and discriminable vibrotactile cues, through numerous development iterations and user evaluations [8], often specific to one device and one application, and usually requiring specific device and programming knowledge. Therefore few research prototypes

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Characterizing Personalization Mechanisms

Seifi

2019

Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems

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Tactile Emotions: A Vibrotactile Tactile Gamepad for Transmitting Emotional Messages to Children with Autism

Cited by 22 publications

References 10 publications

An Intuitive Tangible Game Controller

An Intuitive Tangible Game Controller

TactiPEd: Easy Prototyping of Tactile Patterns

Characterizing Personalization Mechanisms

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