The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight
Providing realistic haptic feedback of virtual objects is critical for immersive VR experience, and there have been many approaches to simulate haptic properties. Most of them, however, are limited to a narrow modulation range of simulated perception. To overcome this limitation, the current paper e...
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| description | Providing realistic haptic feedback of virtual objects is critical for immersive VR experience, and there have been many approaches to simulate haptic properties. Most of them, however, are limited to a narrow modulation range of simulated perception. To overcome this limitation, the current paper examines the effect of multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback that combines control-to-display (C/D) ratio manipulation and electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on simulated weight perception. In two experiments, we independently manipulated the C/D ratio and EMS status and observed the effects on the absolute and difference thresholds of simulated weight perception. From the absolute thresholds results, we specify the effective range of C/D ratio that can successfully induce weight perception and show that the range can be more than twice widened by multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the sensitivity to weight difference increases as the standard C/D ratio decreases from the difference thresholds results, which provides practical design guidelines for assigning multiple levels of weight to virtual objects. This study contributes to understanding the psychological effects of multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback on simulated weight perception in virtual reality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e1ff29444214987b00c97f3cf7977ac2022-12-22T04:00:40ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-01105129514010.1109/ACCESS.2022.31404389669918The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual WeightJinwook Kim0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-5815Seonghyeon Kim1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8027-8261Jeongmi Lee2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-8117Graduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South KoreaGraduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South KoreaGraduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South KoreaProviding realistic haptic feedback of virtual objects is critical for immersive VR experience, and there have been many approaches to simulate haptic properties. Most of them, however, are limited to a narrow modulation range of simulated perception. To overcome this limitation, the current paper examines the effect of multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback that combines control-to-display (C/D) ratio manipulation and electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on simulated weight perception. In two experiments, we independently manipulated the C/D ratio and EMS status and observed the effects on the absolute and difference thresholds of simulated weight perception. From the absolute thresholds results, we specify the effective range of C/D ratio that can successfully induce weight perception and show that the range can be more than twice widened by multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the sensitivity to weight difference increases as the standard C/D ratio decreases from the difference thresholds results, which provides practical design guidelines for assigning multiple levels of weight to virtual objects. This study contributes to understanding the psychological effects of multisensory pseudo-haptic feedback on simulated weight perception in virtual reality.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9669918/Pseudo-haptic feedbackvirtual realityweight simulationelectrical muscle stimulationmultisensory integrationproprioception |
| spellingShingle | Jinwook Kim Seonghyeon Kim Jeongmi Lee The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight IEEE Access Pseudo-haptic feedback virtual reality weight simulation electrical muscle stimulation multisensory integration proprioception |
| title | The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight |
| title_full | The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight |
| title_short | The Effect of Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback on Perception of Virtual Weight |
| title_sort | effect of multisensory pseudo haptic feedback on perception of virtual weight |
| topic | Pseudo-haptic feedback virtual reality weight simulation electrical muscle stimulation multisensory integration proprioception |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9669918/ |
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