TorsionCrowds

We propose TorsionCrowds, a novel tactile display that presents force stimulus distribution over a large area of the body. The system consists of multi-channel twist skin deformation modules and passive mechanisms for fitting to the human body curve. By stimulating elements arrangement based on perceptual experiments, the user can perceive continuous force distribution in a large area of the body sharply with a high dynamic range of intensity.

Publications

• Horie, A., Shimobayashi, H., & Inami, M. (2020). TorsionCrowds: Multi-Points Twist Stimulation Display for Large Part of the Body. In SIGGRAPH 2020 Emerging Technologies.
• 堀江 新, 下林 秀輝, 齊藤 寛人, 稲見 昌彦. 回転の皮膚せん断変形に基づく分布型触覚ディスプレイの設計. 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会論文誌, 25(4), 402-411.