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Modeling the Enhancement Effect of Countercurrent on Acceleration Perception in Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation

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Kazuma Aoyama,

Makoto Mizukami,

Taro Maeda,

Hideyuki AndoAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '16: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Article No.: 6, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3001773.3001785

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Galvanic vestibular stimulation induces virtual acceleration sensation and is expected to be applied in computer games to improve their reality. The acceleration sensation can be enhanced by giving countercurrent which consists of an opposite current part and a forwarding current part. Conventionally, however, the degree of the enhancement is uncontrollable. This study reports that the effect of countercurrent can be modeled by an electrical circuit containing a capacitor and resistors. To model the effect of the countercurrent on the acceleration perception, we investigated the relation between the parameters: the duration and the strength of the opposite current part, of the countercurrent and strength of acceleration perception. The results of our study show that the strength of the acceleration sensation induced by the countercurrent stimulation has a nonlinear correlation with the duration of the opposite current, and the characteristics of the enhancement effect can be estimated using a CR circuit model.

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ACE '16: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

November 2016

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ISBN:9781450347730

DOI:10.1145/3001773

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Itaru Kuramoto
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
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Osaka University, Japan
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University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria

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