Haptic communication to enhance collaboration in virtual environments

  • Authors:
  • Amine Chellali;Cédric Dumas;Isabelle Milleville

  • Affiliations:
  • Université de Nantes-IRCCyN, Nantes CEDEX;EMN-IRCCyN, Nantes CEDEX;CNRS-IRCCyN, Nantes CEDEX

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 28th Annual European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Motivation -- To study haptic communication in collaborative virtual environments. Research approach -- An experimental study was conducted, in which 60 students were asked to perform in dyads a shared manual task after a training period. Findings/Design -- The results show that haptic communication can influence the common frame of reference development in a shared manual task. Research limitations/Implications -- Deeper verbalization analyses are needed to evaluate the common frame of reference development. Originality/Value -- This study highlights haptic interactions importance when designing virtual environment that support shared manual tasks. Take away message -- Haptic communication, combined with visual and verbal communication, enriches interactions in collaborative virtual environments.