Realwalk: Feeling ground surfaces while walking in virtual reality
Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing …, 2018•dl.acm.org
We present RealWalk, a pair of haptic shoes for HMD-based virtual reality, designed to
create realistic sensations of ground surface deformation through MR fluid
(Magnetorheological fluid) actuators. RealWalk offers a novel interaction scheme through
physical interaction between the shoes and the ground surfaces while walking in a virtual
reality space. Our unique approach of using the property of MR fluid creates a variety of
ground material deformation such as snow, mud, and dry sand by changing its viscosity …
create realistic sensations of ground surface deformation through MR fluid
(Magnetorheological fluid) actuators. RealWalk offers a novel interaction scheme through
physical interaction between the shoes and the ground surfaces while walking in a virtual
reality space. Our unique approach of using the property of MR fluid creates a variety of
ground material deformation such as snow, mud, and dry sand by changing its viscosity …
We present RealWalk, a pair of haptic shoes for HMD-based virtual reality, designed to create realistic sensations of ground surface deformation through MR fluid (Magnetorheological fluid) actuators. RealWalk offers a novel interaction scheme through physical interaction between the shoes and the ground surfaces while walking in a virtual reality space. Our unique approach of using the property of MR fluid creates a variety of ground material deformation such as snow, mud, and dry sand by changing its viscosity when the actuators are pressed by the user's foot. We build an interactive virtual reality application with four different virtual scenes to explore the design space of RealWalk.