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Exploring How Haptics Contributes To Immersion In Virtual Reality, Dimcho Zhelyazkov Karakashev, Hong Z. Tan
Exploring How Haptics Contributes To Immersion In Virtual Reality, Dimcho Zhelyazkov Karakashev, Hong Z. Tan
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
Virtual Reality (VR) has been around for more than fifty years but the technology hasn’t reached practical usability until very recently. With the current head-mounted display (HMD) technology and an abundance of investment in VR startups, we have finally reached at the point where it is possible to simulate complex virtual environments that feel immersive. A major problem with virtual reality is that everything looks real but you can not touch and feel virtual objects. We are focusing on developing a device that will allow users to feel what they touch in VR. We developed a hand-held interface and an …
Haptic Foot Feedback For Kicking Training In Virtual Reality, Hank Huang, Hong Tan
Haptic Foot Feedback For Kicking Training In Virtual Reality, Hank Huang, Hong Tan
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
As means to further supplement athletic performances increases, virtual reality is becoming helpful to sports in terms of cognitive training such as reaction, mentality, and game strategies. With the aid of haptic feedback, interaction with virtual objects increases by another dimension, in addition to the presence of visual and auditory feedback. This research presents an integrated system of a virtual reality environment, motion tracking system, and a haptic unit designed for the dorsal foot. The prototype simulates a scenario of virtual kicking and returns haptic response upon collision between the user’s foot and virtual object. The overall system was evaluated …