• DocumentCode
    1951392
  • Title

    Cyberwalk: An advanced prototype of a belt array platform

  • Author

    Schwaiger, Martin ; Thummel, T. ; Ulbrich, Heinz

  • Author_Institution
    TU Munich, Garching
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    The quest for an ideal floor which compensates the motions of a person walking in the virtual environment exists since the first human entered the virtual space. In this paper, an advanced model of a belt array platform, the Cyberwalk, is introduced. The prototype platform shows the increased performance of the system: High speed motion in both directions, almost unlimited upscalability of the system, synchronous speed of the belts, high stiffness and high load on the whole surface.
  • Keywords
    belts; motion compensation; virtual reality; Cyberwalk prototype; belt array platform; ideal floor quest; motion compensation; virtual environment; virtual space; Actuators; Belts; Conferences; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Legged locomotion; Prototypes; Space technology; Virtual environment; Virtual prototyping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, 2007. HAVE 2007. IEEE International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Ottawa, Ont.
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1571-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1571-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HAVE.2007.4371586
  • Filename
    4371586