Human-Scale Haptic Interaction Using the SPIDAR

Damien Chamaret (1) , Mickael Naud (1) , Ludovic Hamon (1) , Sehat Ullah (1, 2) , Emmanuelle Richard (1) , Paul Richard (1)

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

This paper describes the human-scale virtual reality (VR) platform with force feedback developed at the LISA laboratory in Angers (France) in collaboration with Professor Makoto SATO. A human-scale SPIDAR system provides force feedback to user's hands using 8 motors placed on the corners of a cubic frame (2m x 2.5m) surrounding the user. Stereoscopic images are displayed on a rear-projected large screen and are viewed using polarized glasses. We present different VR applications that benefit from SPIDAR properties such as human-scale workspace, lightness, low intrusion, and safeness. These applications include virtual prototyping, collaborative work, human factors, virtual fashion design and education.

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Damien Chamaret, Mickael Naud, Ludovic Hamon, Sehat Ullah, Emmanuelle Richard, et al.. Human-Scale Haptic Interaction Using the SPIDAR. Joint Virtual Reality Conference EGVE-ICAT-EURO VR (JVRC 2009), Dec 2009, Lyon, France. pp.123--128. ⟨hal-00957369⟩