Haptic Feedback Relocation from the Fingertips to the Wrist for Two-Finger Manipulation in Virtual Reality

Jasmin E. Palmer,Mine Sarac,Aaron A. Garza,Allison M. Okamura,Jasmin E. Palmer,Mine Sarac,Aaron A. Garza,Allison M. Okamura

Relocation of haptic feedback from the fingertips to the wrist has been considered as a way to enable haptic interaction with mixed reality virtual environments while leaving the fingers free for other tasks. We present a pair of wrist-worn tactile haptic devices and a virtual environment to study how various mappings between fingers and tactors affect task performance. The haptic feedback rendere...