Haptic User Experience Evaluation for Virtual Reality

Aldhous, Joanna; Sobolewska, Emilia; Webster, Gemma

Abstract

Hapticians (engineers, researchers or designers) are developing 'haptic displays' to replicate the complexity of sensations and interactivity accommodated by the hand. Haptic displays hold potential in allowing users to interact with each other and manipulate things in virtual reality (VR), providing them with a limitless safe environment. However, technological advances alone are insufficient to develop a high-quality haptic user experience (UX). Research indicates that current evaluation instruments, guidelines and education on haptic engineering and perception do not address haptic interaction and experience design needs. This research investigates the problem, endeavouring to consolidate findings into helpful haptic UX evaluation instruments, design principles, and guidelines to support haptic design practice.

Citation

Aldhous, J., Sobolewska, E., & Webster, G. (2022). Haptic User Experience Evaluation for Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 35th British HCI and Doctoral Consortium 2022, UK. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2022.59

• Conference Name: 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022)
• Conference Location: Keele, Staffordshire
• Start Date: Jul 11, 2022
• End Date: Jul 13, 2022
• Acceptance Date: May 17, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Deposit Date: Feb 13, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 13, 2023
• Publisher: BCS Learning & Development Ltd.
• Series Title: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
• Series ISSN: 1477-9358
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 35th British HCI and Doctoral Consortium 2022, UK
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/hci2022.59
• Keywords: Haptic, tactile, kinesthetic, wearable, haptic device, evaluation, user experience, UX, virtual reality, VR
• Publisher URL: https://www.bcs.org/about-us/learned-publishing/electronic-workshops-in-computing-ewic/