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

IFTech是一家IT研发公司，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，旨在为穿戴者提供感官签名。ARAIG是第一个多感官多方向力反馈装置。感官刺激的形式是肌肉刺激和振动。这将影响用户与该环境的交互，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，以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产生的。 McGregor通过NSERC Engage赠款开始与IFTech合作，创建了一个初始原型，使用虚拟现实游戏阿尔马3，ARAIG和McGregor Athena大数据平台进行实时分析。IFTech利用这些知识开发了一个现已商业化的ARAIG软件开发工具包，但数据不包括分析平台的功能，也没有在商业游戏中演示过。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;以及3）通过VBS 3，ARAIG和Athena的商业化解决方案来演示这种方法。在这些领域的贡献和知识翻译将推动在人机交互，触觉，游戏和分析领域的学术研究。 IFTech的价值将是创建一个VBS 3插件，演示扩展的ARAIG SDK，并为VBS 3和ARAIG的购买者提供即插即用解决方案。这项研究的时机是非常合适的IFTech谁是完成他们的第一个生产运行的ARAIG服装的商业用途，今年晚些时候的最终规划。

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.