Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions
The sense of touch (haptics) has been applied in several areas such as tele-haptics, telemedicine, training, education, and entertainment. As of today, haptics is used and explored by researchers in many more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary areas. The utilization of haptics is also enhance...
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| description | The sense of touch (haptics) has been applied in several areas such as tele-haptics, telemedicine, training, education, and entertainment. As of today, haptics is used and explored by researchers in many more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary areas. The utilization of haptics is also enhanced with other forms of media such as audio, video, and even sense of smell. For example, the use of haptics is prevalent in virtual reality environments to increase the immersive experience for users. However, while there has been significant progress within haptic interfaces throughout the years, there are still many challenges that limit their development. This review highlights haptic interfaces for virtual reality ranging from wearables, handhelds, encountered-type devices, and props, to mid-air approaches. We discuss and summarize these approaches, along with interaction domains such as skin receptors, object properties, and force. This is in order to arrive at design challenges for each interface, along with existing research gaps. |
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| spelling | sunway-21542023-03-20T02:14:28Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2154/ Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions Wee, Chyanna* Yap, Kian Meng * Lim, Woan Ning * QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The sense of touch (haptics) has been applied in several areas such as tele-haptics, telemedicine, training, education, and entertainment. As of today, haptics is used and explored by researchers in many more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary areas. The utilization of haptics is also enhanced with other forms of media such as audio, video, and even sense of smell. For example, the use of haptics is prevalent in virtual reality environments to increase the immersive experience for users. However, while there has been significant progress within haptic interfaces throughout the years, there are still many challenges that limit their development. This review highlights haptic interfaces for virtual reality ranging from wearables, handhelds, encountered-type devices, and props, to mid-air approaches. We discuss and summarize these approaches, along with interaction domains such as skin receptors, object properties, and force. This is in order to arrive at design challenges for each interface, along with existing research gaps. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2021-08 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2154/1/haptic_interfaces_for_virtual_reality_challenges_and_research_directions.pdf Wee, Chyanna* and Yap, Kian Meng * and Lim, Woan Ning * (2021) Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions. IEEE Access, 9. pp. 112145-112162. ISSN 2169-3536 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9509416 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3103598 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Wee, Chyanna* Yap, Kian Meng * Lim, Woan Ning * Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title_full | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title_fullStr | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title_short | Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Reality: Challenges and Research Directions |
| title_sort | haptic interfaces for virtual reality: challenges and research directions |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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