Title :
Design of portable and accessible platform in charge of wheelchair feedback immersion
Author :
Richir, Simon ; Pineau, Samuel ; Monacelli, Eric ; Goncalves, Frederic ; Malafosse, Benjamin ; Dumas, Claude ; Schmid, Alain ; Perret, Jerome
Author_Institution :
LAMPA, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, Angers, France
Abstract :
Rewarded at Laval Virtual 2014, the AccesSim project aims to develop a wheelchair simulator based on Virtual Reality (VR) and a dynamic force-feedback platform, which allows to experience and to evaluate the accessibility in complex urban or property environment. In order to address this issue, the dynamic force-feedback platform should provide haptic and vestibular feedback to various user profiles: from town-planners to wheelchair users. The platform needs to be modular and adjustable to each of these profiles. This article focuses on the dynamic force-feedback platform and specifically on the force-feedback systems used.
Keywords :
force feedback; handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; virtual reality; wheelchairs; AccesSim project; dynamic force-feedback platform; haptic feedback; vestibular feedback; virtual reality; wheelchair feedback immersion; wheelchair simulator; Actuators; Dynamics; Lifting equipment; Three-dimensional displays; Torque; Wheelchairs; Wheels; force-feedback; handicap; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality (VR), 2015 IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2015.7223459
