Title :
Separate DOF control and mutual guidance in networked haptic collaboration maze game: Design and evaluation
Author :
Liu, Lingzhi ; Liu, Guanyang ; Zhang, Yuru ; Guo, Weidong ; Lu, Keke ; Zhou, Moyuan
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Virtual Reality Technol. & Syst., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper we study on haptic collaboration in a maze game over computer network. Two players located at separated places operate each haptic device to collaboratively finish the game task. Herein, a new collaboration mode of manipulation separate DOF control is proposed for the first time. Separate DOF control here means each player controls one DOF of an object or a task independently in collaborative virtual environment. Mutual guidance is also proposed which provides guidance force to each player. We setup an experiment to evaluate its efforts on cooperation performance and co-presence. Twelve participants did the experiment. The results revealed that this collaboration mode is effective. Ten of the twelve participants believed that they performed well in the experiment and thought the collaboration way was very interesting. The presented results motivated a new haptic collaboration mode in the fields of game design, education and cooperative assembly.
Keywords :
computer games; computer networks; groupware; haptic interfaces; human computer interaction; virtual reality; co-presence; collaborative virtual environment; computer network; cooperation performance; cooperative assembly; education; game design; game task; haptic device; manipulation separate DOF control; mutual guidance; networked haptic collaboration maze game; Collaboration; Force; Force feedback; Games; Graphics; Phantoms;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979832