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HaptI/O: Physical Node for the Internet of Haptics

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We propose the concept of the "Internet of Haptics" (IoH) that enables sharing experiences of others with the sense of touch. IoH allows to multicast haptic sensation from one Sensor-Node (Inter-Node) to multiple Actuator-Node (Ceive-Node) and to multicast from multiple Inter-Node to multiple Ceive-Node via the Internet. As a proof of concept, we developed the "HaptI/O" device which is a physical network node that can perform as a gateway to input or output the haptic information to/from the human body or tangible objects. We use the WebRTC as the baseline protocol for communication. Users can gain access IoH Web using a smartphone or PC and experience the haptic sensation by selecting the Inter-Node and Ceive-Node from a web browser. Multiple HaptI/O would be connected on the IoH server and transmit the haptic information from one node to multiple nodes as well as one to one mutual connection so that HaptI/O enables us to share our experiences with the sense of touch.

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  • (2021)Vibrotactile Feedback Rendering of Patterned Textures Using a Waveform Segment Table MethodIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2021.308430414:4(849-861)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2021
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    UIST '17 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
    October 2017
    217 pages
    ISBN:9781450354196
    DOI:10.1145/3131785
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    Published: 20 October 2017

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    1. embodied media
    2. haptics
    3. internet of things

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    • (2021)Vibrotactile Feedback Rendering of Patterned Textures Using a Waveform Segment Table MethodIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2021.308430414:4(849-861)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2021
    • (2020)Tactile Internet to Share VR users’ ExperiencesProceedings of the 25th International Conference on 3D Web Technology10.1145/3424616.3424725(1-3)Online publication date: 9-Nov-2020
    • (2018)Construction of Haptic Experience Sharing PlatformProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference and 2018 International Symposium on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Computers10.1145/3267305.3267600(174-177)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2018

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