Abstract
The incorporation of the haptic sense (the combined effects of touch and proprioceptive information) into virtual reality (VR) has considerable potential to enhance the realism of virtual environments and make VR more accessible to blind people. This paper summarises an experiment into the haptic perception of texture in VR conducted with a Phantom haptic device. This experiment was an extension of a previous experiment involving the IE3000 haptic device in a programme of research into haptic perception in VR. On the basis of the reported work guidelines for the creation of haptic environments using textural information for both blind and sighted individuals are presented.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of all the blind and sighted individuals who took part in these studies. Paul Penn is a Ph.D. candidate supported by the ESRC and British Telecommunications. Chetz Colwell is also a Ph.D. candidate supported by the ESRC and MA Systems and Control Ltd, UK.
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Penn, P., Petrie, H., Colwell, C., Kornbrot, D., Furner, S., Hardwick, A. (2001). The haptic perception of texture in virtual environments: an investigation with two devices. In: Brewster, S., Murray-Smith, R. (eds) Haptic Human-Computer Interaction. Haptic HCI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2058. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44589-7_3
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