Enabling Temperature Sensations In VR Using Encountered-Type Haptics
BT/MT
Status | open |
Student | N/A |
Advisor | Steeven Villa, Florian Müller |
Professor | Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt |
Task
Description
Current advancements in VR technology have enabled high-quality visual and auditory feedback, but achieving realistic touch sensations, specifically temperature, continues to be challenging. This thesis explores the integration of encountered-type haptics and Peltier temperature plates to enhance temperature perception in VR. Specifically, it investigates rendering varied temperatures in large-scale Virtual Reality using a single temperature-enabled end-effector.
You will
- Control a Robot from Unity using a plugin
- Control the temperature of peltier elements using arduino
- Attach the eeltier elements to the robot end-effector
- Run User-Studies to test your prototype
- Analyze the collected data
You need
- Good knowledge of Unity
- Willingness to learn hardware prototyping
References
- Steeven Villa and Sven Mayer. Cobity: Cobity: A Plug-And-Play Toolbox to Deliver Haptics in Virtual Reality
- Steeven Villa, Sven Mayer, Jess Hartcher-O'Brien, Albrecht Schmidt, and Tonja-Katrin Machulla. 2022. Extended Mid-air Ultrasound Haptics for Virtual Reality.
- V. R. Mercado, M. Marchal and A. Lécuyer, "âHaptics On-Demandâ: A Survey on Encountered-Type Haptic Displays,"