Shifty: A Weight-Shifting Dynamic Passive Haptic Proxy to Enhance Object Perception in Virtual Reality

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1285 - 1294
• Main Authors: Zenner, Andre, Kruger, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Actuators; Augmented reality; Augmented virtuality; Dynamic passive haptic feedback; Experiments; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Haptics; input devices; perception; Perceptions; Realism; Shape; Virtual reality; Visual perception; Visualization; Weight

We define the concept of Dynamic Passive Haptic Feedback (DPHF) for virtual reality by introducing the weight-shifting physical DPHF proxy object Shifty. This concept combines actuators known from active haptics and physical proxies known from passive haptics to construct proxies that automatically...