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One method of presenting a pseudo-force sensation is based on a phenomenon called the hanger reflex, in which placement of a wire hanger on the head induces involuntary head rotation. The main cause of this phenomenon is considered to be a pseudo-force sensation generated by lateral displacement of the skin via skin compression. However, the relationship between the physical amount of skin displacement and the strength of the illusion has not been thoroughly investigated, impeding optimization of a device that elicits the hanger reflex. As a first step towards developing an optimized hanger reflex device, we describe a method for measuring the amount of skin deformation during the occurrence of the hanger reflex, by using optically observable artificial skin. We report the correlation between deformation of the artificial skin and head rotation angle, which had previously been reported only qualitatively.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18H04110.
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Miyakami, M., Kon, Y., Nakamura, T., Kajimoto, H. (2018). Optimization of the Hanger Reflex (I): Examining the Correlation Between Skin Deformation and Illusion Intensity. In: Prattichizzo, D., Shinoda, H., Tan, H., Ruffaldi, E., Frisoli, A. (eds) Haptics: Science, Technology, and Applications. EuroHaptics 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10893. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93445-7_4
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