A body-conforming tactile jacket to enrich movie viewing

  • Authors:
  • Paul Lemmens;Floris Crompvoets;Dirk Brokken;Jack van den Eerenbeemd;Gert-Jan de Vries

  • Affiliations:
  • Philips Research Europe, Germany;Philips Research Europe, Germany;Philips Research Europe, Germany;Philips Research Europe, Germany;Philips Research Europe, Germany

  • Venue:
  • WHC '09 Proceedings of the World Haptics 2009 - Third Joint EuroHaptics conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Adding haptic stimulation to movies is a promising step in creating more emotionally immersive experiences. To explore the potential of this concept, we have created a wearable tactile jacket that is used to deliver movie-specific tactile stimuli to the viewer's body that are specifically targeted to influence the viewer's emotions. Immersion was evaluated in a user test using questionnaires and physiological measurements. The findings show promising effects of the haptic stimuli that need to be substantiated in further more refined user tests.