Design and development of miniature wearable haptic interfaces for the fingertips
Résumé
The recent availability of high performance and cost effective head mounted displays generates a considerable interest for Virtual Reality, both for professional applications and for the mass market. Users can now be efficiently immersed in virtual worlds, with a high quality 3D visual and auditory feedback. They can also interact with the environment using RGBD cameras or 6 Degrees of Freedom (DoFs) wands. To date however, the commercially available systems do not provide more than vibratory feedback and the users cannot really feel the simulated environments. Therefore a more complete haptic feedback is required. Within this context, wearable haptics appear as a promising solution. This paper introduces such a 2 DoF miniature haptic interface for the fingertips. This device allows applying shear forces in 2D, with an amplitude of movement of ±2mm and a force above 2.7N in any direction. It weights only 22g and its dimensions favorably compares to the state of the art.
Mots clés
Cost effectiveness
Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
Helmet mounted displays
Mice (computer peripherals)
Virtual reality
Wearable technology
Auditory feedback
Degrees of freedom (DoFs)
Design and Development
Haptic feedbacks
Head mounted displays
Simulated environment
State of the art
Virtual worlds
Haptic interfaces