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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Multi-modal interaction system to tactile perception

Lorenzo Cavalieri Michele Germani Maura Mengoni

pp. 25-34

Abstract

Haptic simulation of materials is one of the most important challenges in human-computer interaction. A fundamental step to achieve it regards the definition of how human beings can encode the information acquired by different sensorial channels' stimulation. In this context, this paper presents the study, implementation and evaluation of a multi-modal cutaneous feedback device (CFD) for the simulation of material textures. In addition to tactile stimulation, two further sensory components (e.g. eyesight and hearing) are integrated to support the user to better recognize and discriminate different classes of materials and then, overcome previous identified drawbacks. An experimental protocol is tuned to assess the relevance of each stimulated channel in material texture recognition. Tests are carried out with real and virtual materials. Result comparison is used to validate the proposed approach and verify the realism of simulation.

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Shumaker Randall, Lackey Stephanie (2014) Virtual, augmented and mixed reality. designing and developing virtual and augmented environments: Designing and developing virtual and augmented environments. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 25-34

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07458-0_3

Full citation:

Cavalieri Lorenzo, Germani Michele, Mengoni Maura (2014) „Multi-modal interaction system to tactile perception“, In: R. Shumaker & S. Lackey (eds.), Virtual, augmented and mixed reality. designing and developing virtual and augmented environments, Dordrecht, Springer, 25–34.