SBIR Phase II: Intuitive Touch Feedback via Ungrounded Tactile Shear Feedback for Virtual Reality and Human-Machine Interfaces

SBIR 第二阶段：通过虚拟现实和人机界面的非接地触觉剪切反馈提供直观的触摸反馈

• 批准号: 1632341
• 负责人: William Provancher
• 金额: $ 74.93万
• 依托单位: Tactical Haptics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1632341&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Intuitive; Touch

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is its potential to revolutionize human-machine interfaces, with possible applications in computer-aided design (CAD); military, maintenance, and pilot training interfaces; industrial and construction operator interfaces; robotic and laparoscopic surgery; physical therapy, rehabilitation, and swing training; education; telerobotics; automotive navigation and safety systems; and video games. While haptic interactions in these applications can already be portrayed with desktop robotic force feedback devices, the developed haptic technology could provide realistic haptic feedback at a much lower price point (required for consumer devices) and unlike current force feedback devices, the developed haptic devices can be used to naturally interact in large workspace applications like motion-input video games or VR experiences. The proposed research will enhance the scientific understanding of human-haptic and multi-modal interactions in virtual environments, and will create a model for this technology to migrate into adjacent fields.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 project seeks to meet the market demand for intuitive, immersive, and inexpensive haptic technologies in the emerging field of consumer virtual reality (VR). Multiple companies are now making inexpensive 3D head-mounted displays (HMDs) for VR, but current haptic interfaces are either too expensive, have limited range of motion, or are too crude to portray realistic haptic interactions in VR. The company has created an ungrounded haptic motion controller that utilizes a new form of touch feedback that applies in-hand shear forces to create compelling physical feedback at a price that is viable for consumer markets. The proposed research objectives are based on feedback from key stakeholders and VR enthusiasts who have tried the company?s current high-end haptic controllers. Their feedback suggests improving the overall user experience of the controllers through reducing device size, mass, and system latency, while improving device ergonomics and reducing cost. The Phase II research builds on the findings of Phase I, which showed that even simpler implementations of the newly developed haptic technology were still found to be more compelling than traditional vibration feedback. The project will result in a reference design that can be mass produced.

该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于它具有彻底改变人机界面的潜力，并可能在计算机辅助设计（CAD）中应用。军事，维护和飞行员培训界面；工业和建筑运营商界面；机器人和腹腔镜手术；物理治疗，康复和挥杆训练；教育;远程植物学；汽车导航和安全系统；和电子游戏。尽管这些应用程序中的触觉相互作用已经可以用桌面机器人力量反馈设备来描绘，但是开发的触觉技术可以以较低的价格（消费者设备所需的）提供现实的触觉反馈，并且与当前的力反馈设备不同，开发的触觉设备可以用于自然在大型Workspace应用程序中进行诸如动作视频游戏或VR VR Expents或VR vr vr vrssports互动。拟议的研究将增强对虚拟环境中人类热情和多模式相互作用的科学理解，并将为该技术创建一个模型，以迁移到邻近的领域。这本小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第2阶段项目旨在旨在满足对直觉，永久和廉价的超级且廉价的超级技术技术的市场需求。现在，多家公司正在为VR制作廉价的3D头部安装显示器（HMD），但是当前的触觉界面要么太贵，动作范围有限，要么太粗糙而无法描绘VR中现实的触觉互动。该公司创建了一个未接地的触觉运动控制器，该控制器采用了一种新形式的触摸反馈形式，该反馈使用了手持剪切力，以对消费市场可行的价格创造引人注目的物理反馈。拟议的研究目标是基于主要利益相关者和VR爱好者的反馈，他们尝试了公司当前的高端触觉控制者。他们的反馈表明，通过减少设备尺寸，质量和系统延迟来改善控制器的总体用户体验，同时改善设备人体工程学并降低成本。第二阶段的研究基于第一阶段的发现，该研究表明，与传统的振动反馈相比，新开发的触觉技术的简单实现仍然更具吸引力。该项目将导致可以产生质量的参考设计。