TY - GEN
T1 - ThermoVR
T2 - 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017
AU - Peiris, Roshan Lalintha
AU - Peng, Wei
AU - Chen, Zikun
AU - Chan, Liwei
AU - Minamizawa, Kouta
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was conducted as part of the JST-ACCEL “Embodied Media” project. This research was also supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 103-2218-E-002-024-MY3, and 105-2218-E-002-034). Authors Peng and Chen contributed equally.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ACM.
PY - 2017/5/2
Y1 - 2017/5/2
N2 - Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) provide a promising opportunity for providing haptic feedback on the head for an enhanced immersive experience. In ThermoVR, we integrated five thermal feedback modules on the HMD to provide thermal feedback directly onto the user's face. We conducted evaluations with 15 participants using two approaches: Firstly, we provided simultaneously actuated thermal stimulations (hot and cold) as directional cues and evaluated the accuracy of recognition; secondly, we evaluated the overall immersive thermal experience that the users experience when provided with thermal feedback on the face. Results indicated that the recognition accuracy for cold stimuli were of approx. 89.5% accuracy while the accuracy for hot stimuli were 68.6%. Also, participants reported that they felt a higher level of immersion on the face when all modules were simultaneously stimulated (hot and cold). The presented applications demonstrate the ThermoVR's directional cueing and immersive experience.
AB - Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) provide a promising opportunity for providing haptic feedback on the head for an enhanced immersive experience. In ThermoVR, we integrated five thermal feedback modules on the HMD to provide thermal feedback directly onto the user's face. We conducted evaluations with 15 participants using two approaches: Firstly, we provided simultaneously actuated thermal stimulations (hot and cold) as directional cues and evaluated the accuracy of recognition; secondly, we evaluated the overall immersive thermal experience that the users experience when provided with thermal feedback on the face. Results indicated that the recognition accuracy for cold stimuli were of approx. 89.5% accuracy while the accuracy for hot stimuli were 68.6%. Also, participants reported that they felt a higher level of immersion on the face when all modules were simultaneously stimulated (hot and cold). The presented applications demonstrate the ThermoVR's directional cueing and immersive experience.
KW - Head mounted display
KW - Thermal display
KW - Thermal haptics
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U2 - 10.1145/3025453.3025824
DO - 10.1145/3025453.3025824
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85028596436
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 5452
EP - 5456
BT - CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 6 May 2017 through 11 May 2017
ER -