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Multimodal “sensory illusions” for improving spatial awareness in virtual environments

Lawson, Glyn; Roper, Tessa; Abdullah, Che

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Authors

GLYN LAWSON GLYN.LAWSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Tessa Roper

Che Abdullah



Abstract

Inaccurate judgement of distances in virtual environments (VEs) restricts their usefulness for engineering development, in which engineers must have a good understanding of the spaces they are designing. Multimodal feedback can improve depth perception in VEs, but this has yet to be implemented and tested in engineering applications with systems which provide haptic feedback to the body.

The project reported in this paper will develop a multimodal VE to improve engineers’ understanding of 3D spaces. It will test the concept of “sensory illusions” where the point of collision in the VE differs to the point of haptic feedback on the body. This will permit the use of fewer vibrotactile devices and therefore the development of a more wearable system. This paper describes related work in multisensory and tactile stimulation which suggests that our perception of a stimulus is not fixed to the point of contact.

Citation

Lawson, G., Roper, T., & Abdullah, C. (2016). Multimodal “sensory illusions” for improving spatial awareness in virtual environments. In ECCE '16: proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970945

Conference Name European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2016
Start Date Sep 6, 2016
End Date Sep 8, 2016
Acceptance Date May 2, 2016
Publication Date Sep 8, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 18, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Book Title ECCE '16: proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970945
Keywords Multisensory; Virtual environments; Spatial awareness
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/791732

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