A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead
Weight is perceived through the combination of multiple sensory systems, and a wide range of factors – including touch, visual, and force senses – can influence the perception of heaviness. There have been remarkable advancements in the development of haptic interfaces througho...
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| author | Woan Ning Lim Kian Meng Yap Yunli Lee Chyanna Wee Ching Chiuan Yen |
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| description | Weight is perceived through the combination of multiple sensory systems, and a wide range of factors – including touch, visual, and force senses – can influence the perception of heaviness. There have been remarkable advancements in the development of haptic interfaces throughout the years. However, a number of challenges limit the progression to enable humans to sense the weight in virtual reality (VR). This article presents an overview of the factors that influence how weight is perceived and the phenomenon that contributes to various types of weight illusions. A systematic review has been undertaken to assess the development of weight perception in VR, underlying haptic technology that renders the mass of a virtual object, and the creation of weight perception through pseudo-haptic. We summarize the approaches from the perspective of haptic and pseudo-haptic cues that exhibit the sense of weight such as force, skin deformation, vibration, inertia, control–display ratio, velocity, body gestures, and audio–visual representation. The design challenges are underlined, and research gaps are discussed, including accuracy and precision, weight discrimination, heavyweight rendering, and absolute weight simulation. This article is anticipated to aid in the development of more realistic weight perception in VR and stimulated new research interest in this topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8480073c7c2642dc80d44ce40b5cfb2f2022-12-21T18:44:37ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362021-01-01916325316328310.1109/ACCESS.2021.31315259628093A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road AheadWoan Ning Lim0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7512-4054Kian Meng Yap1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-9847Yunli Lee2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3531-5873Chyanna Wee3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9093-3178Ching Chiuan Yen4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-1689Department of Computing and Information Systems, Research Centre for Human-Machine Collaboration (HUMAC), Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaDepartment of Computing and Information Systems, Research Centre for Human-Machine Collaboration (HUMAC), Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaDepartment of Computing and Information Systems, Research Centre for Human-Machine Collaboration (HUMAC), Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaDepartment of Computing and Information Systems, Research Centre for Human-Machine Collaboration (HUMAC), Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaDivision of Industrial Design (DID), National University of Singapore (NUS), SingaporeWeight is perceived through the combination of multiple sensory systems, and a wide range of factors – including touch, visual, and force senses – can influence the perception of heaviness. There have been remarkable advancements in the development of haptic interfaces throughout the years. However, a number of challenges limit the progression to enable humans to sense the weight in virtual reality (VR). This article presents an overview of the factors that influence how weight is perceived and the phenomenon that contributes to various types of weight illusions. A systematic review has been undertaken to assess the development of weight perception in VR, underlying haptic technology that renders the mass of a virtual object, and the creation of weight perception through pseudo-haptic. We summarize the approaches from the perspective of haptic and pseudo-haptic cues that exhibit the sense of weight such as force, skin deformation, vibration, inertia, control–display ratio, velocity, body gestures, and audio–visual representation. The design challenges are underlined, and research gaps are discussed, including accuracy and precision, weight discrimination, heavyweight rendering, and absolute weight simulation. This article is anticipated to aid in the development of more realistic weight perception in VR and stimulated new research interest in this topic.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9628093/Weight perceptionvirtual realitypseudo-haptichaptic interfaceshuman–computer interaction |
| spellingShingle | Woan Ning Lim Kian Meng Yap Yunli Lee Chyanna Wee Ching Chiuan Yen A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead IEEE Access Weight perception virtual reality pseudo-haptic haptic interfaces human–computer interaction |
| title | A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead |
| title_full | A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead |
| title_short | A Systematic Review of Weight Perception in Virtual Reality: Techniques, Challenges, and Road Ahead |
| title_sort | systematic review of weight perception in virtual reality techniques challenges and road ahead |
| topic | Weight perception virtual reality pseudo-haptic haptic interfaces human–computer interaction |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9628093/ |
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