Title :
Selectively stimulating skin receptors for tactile display
Author :
Asamura, Naoya ; Yokoyama, Nozomu ; Shinoda, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Research in virtual reality has recognized the need for more realistic tactile display in addition to touch and non-touch display and force display. We propose a method of selectively stimulating only superficial mechanoreceptors. We show that it makes people feel a more realistic, finer virtual texture than possible by adjusting the stimulator spacing. The apparatus is simple and we expect this idea to develop into a device to display varieties of tactile feeling
Keywords :
computer displays; mechanoception; skin; user interfaces; virtual reality; force display; skin receptors; superficial mechanoreceptors; tactile display; touch display; virtual reality; virtual texture; Calibration; Displays; Force control; Humans; Pressure control; Skin; Stress; Virtual reality;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
