Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Explore, Innovate, Inspire |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 5452-5456 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 2017-May |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450346559 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 May 2 |
Event | 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017 - Denver, United States Duration: 2017 May 6 → 2017 May 11 |
Other
Other | 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2017 |
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Country | United States |
City | Denver |
Period | 17/5/6 → 17/5/11 |
Keywords
- Head mounted display
- Thermal display
- Thermal haptics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Software