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Demonstration of Electrical Head Actuation: Enabling Interactive Systems to Directly Manipulate Head Orientation

Published: 25 July 2022 Publication History

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We demonstrate a novel interface concept in which interactive systems directly manipulate the user’s head orientation. We implement this using electrical-muscle-stimulation (EMS) of the neck muscles, which turns the head around its yaw (left/right) and pitch (up/down) axis. At SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Techinologies, we will demonstrate how this technology enables novel interactions via two example applications: (1) finding different visual targets in mixed reality while the system actuates the user’s head orientation to guide their point-of-view; (2) a VR roller coaster application where the user’s head nods up as the ride accelerates.

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SIGGRAPH '22: ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Emerging Technologies
July 2022
23 pages
ISBN:9781450393638
DOI:10.1145/3532721
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