Title
CapstanCrunch: A Haptic VR Controller with User-supplied Force Feedback
Abstract
We introduce CapstanCrunch, a force resisting, palm-grounded haptic controller that renders haptic feedback for touching and grasping both rigid and compliant objects in a VR environment. In contrast to previous controllers, Cap-stan¬Crunch renders human-scale forces without the use of large, high force, electrically power consumptive and ex-pensive actuators. Instead, CapstanCrunch¬ integrates a friction-based capstan-plus-cord variable-resistance brake mechanism that is dynamically controlled by a small inter-nal motor. The capstan mechanism magnifies the motor's force by a factor of around 40 as an output resistive force. Compared to active force control devices, it is low cost, low electrical power, robust, safe, fast and quiet, while providing high force control to user interaction. We describe the de-sign and implementation of CapstanCrunch and demon-strate its use in a series of VR scenarios. Finally, we evalu-ate the performance of CapstanCrunch in two user studies and compare our controller with an active haptic controller with the ability to simulate different levels of convincing object rigidity and/or compliance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3332165.3347891
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Keywords
Field
DocType
haptics, virtual reality
Rigidity (psychology),Brake,Control theory,Virtual reality,Resistive touchscreen,Computer science,Simulation,Human–computer interaction,Capstan,Haptic technology,Actuator
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-6816-2
3
0.41
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mike Sinclair176476.87
Eyal Ofek21865106.07
Mar Gonzalez-Franco316920.04
Christian Holz487856.58