Virtual Whiskers: Spatial Directional Guidance Using Cheek Haptic Stimulation in a Virtual Environment

• Nakamura Fumihiko

  Keio University

• Verhulst Adrien

  Keio University

• Sakurada Kuniharu

  Keio University

• Fukuoka Masaaki

  Keio University

• Sugimoto Maki

  Keio University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Virtual Whiskers：頬への触覚刺激によるVR環境での方向情報の提示

Abstract

In this paper, we propose Virtual Whiskers, a spatial directional guidance technique by stimulating a cheek using tiny robot arms attached to a Head-Mounted Display (HMD). We performed a directional guidance experiment to evaluate how accurately our method provide the target direction. The result shows our method achieves the average absolute directional error of 2.76 degrees in the azimuthal plane and 7.32 degrees in the elevation plane. We also investigated how effective the cheek stimulation is in a target search task. The average of task completion time in visual condition was M=12.45s, and visual+haptic condition resulted in M=6.91s. Statistical test revealed a significant difference between visual condition and visual+haptic condition.

Journal

• Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan

  Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan 26 (4), 298-309, 2021-12-24

  THE VIRTUAL REALITY SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Keywords

• spatial guidance
• facial haptics
• virtual reality
• robot arm

Details

• CRID: 1390009018100365312
• NII Article ID: 130008132571
• DOI: 10.18974/tvrsj.26.4_298
• ISSN: 24239593
• ISSN: 1344011X
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed