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Demonstration of TORC: A Virtual Reality Controller for In-Hand High-Dexterity Finger Interaction

Published: 14 October 2019 Publication History

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Recent hand-held controllers have explored a variety of haptic feedback sensations for users in virtual reality by producing both kinesthetic and cutaneous feedback from virtual objects. These controllers are grounded to the user's hand and can only manipulate objects through arm and wrist motions, not using the dexterity of their fingers as they would in real life. In this paper, we present TORC, a rigid haptic controller that renders virtual object characteristics and behaviors such as texture and compliance. Users hold and squeeze TORC using their thumb and two fingers and interact with virtual objects by sliding their thumb on TORC's trackpad. During the interaction, vibrotactile motors produce sensations to each finger that represent the haptic feel of squeezing, shearing or turning an object. We demonstrate the TORC interaction scenarios for a virtual object in hand.

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UIST '19 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
October 2019
192 pages
ISBN:9781450368179
DOI:10.1145/3332167
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  1. haptic compliance
  2. haptic texture
  3. haptics
  4. vr object manipulation

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  • (2024)Enhancing Telecooperation Through Haptic Twin for Internet of Robotic Things: Implementation and ChallengesIEEE Internet of Things Journal10.1109/JIOT.2024.342493611:20(32440-32453)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2024
  • (2020)Making it Simple: Expanding Access and Lowering Barriers to Novel Interaction Devices for Virtual and Augmented Reality2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00289(1-6)Online publication date: Mar-2020

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