Haptic compass: Active vibrotactile feedback of physical object for path guidance∗

Mengmeng Sun, Weiping He, Li Zhang, Peng Wang, Shuxia Wang, Xiaoliang Bai

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

Haptic guidance is an essential research topic of haptic interaction technology. In some conditions, haptic guidance devices could be better at assisting navigation. We developed Haptic Compass, a prototype with active vibrotactile feedback by attaching vibration motors to a cylinder-shaped physical object, to provide directional cues for haptic guidance. To validate the prototype, we conducted two user studies. The first study investigated if users could identify the vibrotactile feedback from the prototype. The results showed that participants could effectively recognize and judge the vibration direction. In the second study, we evaluated the task completion time and the movement error among the Visual-only, Haptic-Only and Haptic-Visual feedback conditions in a typical path-guiding task. We found that, together with visual feedback, haptic feedback could enhance task performance and user experience for direct path guidance. Performance of the two studies demonstrated that our prototype has the potential to be an alternative for applications where non-wearable haptic feedback is desired.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1171-1172
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728113777
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019
Event26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Osaka, Japan
Duration: 23 Mar 201927 Mar 2019

Publication series

Name26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOsaka
Period23/03/1927/03/19

Keywords

  • Artificial
  • Augmented and virtual realities
  • H.5.1 [multimedia information systems]
  • H.5.2 [user interfaces]
  • Haptic i/o

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Haptic compass: Active vibrotactile feedback of physical object for path guidance∗'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this