Big Data Analytics for Haptic Garment Analytics with ARAIG in Virtual Reality Games

虚拟现实游戏中使用 ARAIG 进行触觉服装分析的大数据分析

• 批准号: 543863-2019
• 负责人: Mcgregor, Carolyn
• 金额: $ 2.7万
• 依托单位: University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=687038
• 关键词: Big; Data; Analytics; Haptic; Garment

IFTech is an IT R&D company with a business focus on the design and commercialization of ARAIG which is a sensory immersive wearable technology designed to provide sensory signatures to the wearer. ARAIG is the first multi-sensory multidirectional, force feedback device. Sensory stimulations are in the form of muscle stimulation and vibration. This will affect the user's interaction with this environment and increase their sense of immersion. At present, IFTech lack expertise in Big Data analytics and knowledge discovery to create a framework to develop performance metrics to analyse sensor signals sent to the wearer that could be generated by the immersive environment. McGregor commenced her collaborations with IFTech through an NSERC Engage grant where an initial prototype was created to demonstrate the concept using a virtual reality game, ArmA 3, ARAIG and McGregor Athena Big Data platform for the real-time analysis. IFTech used that knowledge to develop a now commercialised ARAIG Software Development Kit however to data that does not include functionality for an analytics platform and has not been demonstrated with a commercial game. Within this NSERC CRD research project the research goals are to: 1) advance research in the domain of haptic feedback analytics through the creation of a protocol for haptic data interchange for analytics; 2) advance analytics research to create haptic feedback analytics; and 3) demonstrate this approach with a commercialisable solution for VBS3, ARAIG and Athena. Contributions in these areas and knowledge translation will advance academic research in the areas of human computer interaction, haptics, gaming and analytics. Of value to IFTech will be the creation of a VBS3 add on that demonstrates the extended ARAIG SDK and enables plug and play solution for purchasers of VBS3 and ARAIG. The timing of this research is very appropriate for IFTech who are completing the final planning for their first production run of ARAIG garments for commercial use later this year.

IFTech 是一家 IT 研发公司，业务专注于 ARAIG 的设计和商业化，ARAIG 是一种感官沉浸式可穿戴技术，旨在为佩戴者提供感官签名。 ARAIG 是第一个多感官多方向力反馈设备。感觉刺激以肌肉刺激和振动的形式出现。这会影响用户与这个环境的交互并增加他们的沉浸感。目前，IFTech 缺乏大数据分析和知识发现方面的专业知识，无法创建一个框架来开发性能指标来分析发送给佩戴者的传感器信号，这些信号可能是由沉浸式环境生成的。 McGregor 通过 NSERC Engage 拨款开始与 IFTech 合作，其中创建了一个初始原型，以使用虚拟现实游戏、Arma 3、ARAIG 和 McGregor Athena 大数据平台进行实时分析来演示这一概念。 IFTech 利用这些知识开发了现已商业化的 ARAIG 软件开发套件，但其数据不包含分析平台的功能，并且尚未通过商业游戏进行演示。在这个 NSERC CRD 研究项目中，研究目标是：1）通过创建用于分析的触觉数据交换协议来推进触觉反馈分析领域的研究； 2) 推进分析研究以创建触觉反馈分析； 3) 通过适用于 VBS3、ARAIG 和 Athena 的商业化解决方案来演示该方法。这些领域和知识转化的贡献将推动人机交互、触觉、游戏和分析领域的学术研究。 对于 IFTech 来说，有价值的是创建一个 VBS3 附加组件，该附加组件演示了扩展的 ARAIG SDK，并为 VBS3 和 ARAIG 的购买者提供了即插即用解决方案。这项研究的时机对于 IFTech 来说非常合适，他们将于今年晚些时候完成首次商用 ARAIG 服装生产的最终规划。