Abstract
We present a texture modulation technique that employs electrotactile augmentation to alter roughness perception during the texture exploration of a 3D fabricated object. The system detects user’s touch action and renders the electrical stimulus that induces the modulating nerve activities at the middle phalanx of a finger. The users perceive fused sensation of the virtual sensation from the artificial electrical stimulus and the real sensation from the exploration of the fabricated object. The system allows users to explore the surface of a fabricated object with their bare finger and feel various roughness of the surface according to the modulation gain.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 22135003 and 25870394 in Japan.
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Yoshimoto, S., Kuroda, Y., Imura, M., Oshiro, O. (2015). Texture Modulation of 3D Fabricated Object via Electrotactile Augmentation. In: Kajimoto, H., Ando, H., Kyung, KU. (eds) Haptic Interaction. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 277. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55690-9_14
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