Haptic Augmented Reality
Research on modulating real object stiffness, friction, weight, and tactile properties through haptic interfaces for palpation, training, and interactive experiences.
Researchers: Sunghoon Yim, Matthias Harders, Seungmoon Choi, and Seokhee Jeon
As augmented reality (AR) enables a real space to be transformed into a semi-virtual space by mixing real and virtual sensations, haptic AR does the same for the sense of touch: a user can touch a real object, a virtual object, or a real object augmented with virtual touch. While visual AR is a relatively mature technology, haptic AR is quite young and poses many new research problems ranging from modeling to rendering, in both hardware and software. Our long-term research aims at developing a systematic methodology for modulating the haptic properties of a real object with the aid of a haptic interface — a "haptic AR toolkit."
Related Publications:
- Sunghoon Yim, Seokhee Jeon, and Seungmoon Choi, "Normal and Tangential Force Decomposition and Augmentation Based on Contact Centroid," AsiaHaptics, 2014 (Honorable Mention – Final candidate for the best demo award).
- Seokhee Jeon, Seungmoon Choi, and Matthias Harders, "Haptic Augmentation in Soft Tissue Interaction," in Multisensory Softness, edited by M. Di Luca, Springer.
- Seokhee Jeon and Matthias Harders, "Haptic Tumor Augmentation: Exploring Multi-Point Interaction," IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2014.
- Seokhee Jeon, "Haptically Assisting Breast Tumor Detection by Augmenting Abnormal Lump," IEICE Transactions on Information & Systems, vol. E97-D, no. 2, pp. 361-365, 2014.
- Seokhee Jeon and Matthias Harders, "Extending Haptic Augmented Reality: Modulating Stiffness during Two-Point Squeezing," IEEE Haptics Symposium (HS), pp. 141-146, 2012 (Oral presentation; acceptance rate = 26%).
- Seokhee Jeon, Jean-Claude Metzger, Seungmoon Choi, and Matthias Harders, "Extensions to Haptic Augmented Reality: Modulating Friction and Weight," World Haptics Conference (WHC), pp. 227-232, 2011 (Oral presentation; acceptance rate = 16.6%).
- Seokhee Jeon and Seungmoon Choi, "Real Stiffness Augmentation for Haptic Augmented Reality," Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 337-370, 2011.
- Seokhee Jeon and Seungmoon Choi, "Stiffness Modulation for Haptic Augmented Reality: Extension to 3D Interaction," IEEE Haptics Symposium (HS), pp. 273-280, 2010 (Recipient of Best Demo Award).
- Seokhee Jeon and Seungmoon Choi, "Haptic Augmented Reality: Taxonomy and an Example of Stiffness Modulation," Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 387-408, 2009.
- Seokhee Jeon and Seungmoon Choi, "Modulating Real Object Stiffness for Haptic Augmented Reality," Lecture Notes on Computer Science (EuroHaptics 2008), vol. 5024, pp. 609-618, 2008 (Acceptance rate = 36%).
- US patent pending, "Apparatus and Method for Providing Haptic Augmented Reality," US 12/394,032, 2009.
