Large-scale dexterous haptic interaction with virtual mock-ups: Methodology and human performance

Damien Chamaret (1) , Paul Richard (1) , Sehat Ullah (2)

1 LISA - Laboratoire d'Ingéniérie des Systèmes Automatisés
2 IBISC - Informatique, Biologie Intégrative et Systèmes Complexes

We present a methodology for both the efficient integration and dexterous manipulation of CAD models in a physical-based virtual reality simulation. The user interacts with a virtual car mock-up using a string-based haptic interface that provides force sensation in a large workspace. A prop is used to provide grasp feedback. A mocap system is used to track user's hand and head movements. In addition a 5DT data-glove is used to measure finger flexion. Twelve volunteer participants were instructed to remove a lamp of the virtual mock-up under different conditions. Results revealed that haptic feedback was better than additional visual feedback in terms of task completion time and collision frequency.

Mots clés: Virtual mock-up; Virtual environment; Human performance; Large-scale; Haptic interaction

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Damien Chamaret, Paul Richard, Sehat Ullah. Large-scale dexterous haptic interaction with virtual mock-ups: Methodology and human performance. 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2009), Jul 2009, Milan, Italy. pp.453--456. ⟨hal-00869611⟩