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TOUCHLESS: Demonstrations of Contactless Haptics for Affective Touch.

CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 475, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583913

Published: 19 April 2023 Publication History

Abstract

A set of demonstrators of contactless haptic principles is described in this work. The technologies are based on electrostatic piloerection, chemical compounds and ultrasound. Additionally, applications related to affective touch are presented, ranging from storytelling to biosignal transfer, accompanied with a simple application to edit dynamic tactile patterns in an easy way. The demonstrators are the result of the Touchless project, which is a H2020 european collaborative project that integrates 3 universities and 3 companies. These demostrators are contactless haptic experiences and thus facilitate the come-and-interact paradigm, where users can approach the demo booth and directly experience the applications without having to wear devices, making the experience fast and hygienic.

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Valenza GAlcañiz MCarli VDudnik GGentili CGuixeres Provinciale JRossi SToschi Nvan Wassenhove V(2024)The EXPERIENCE Project: Automatic virtualization of “extended personal reality” through biomedical signal processing and explainable artificial intelligence [Applications Corner]IEEE Signal Processing Magazine10.1109/MSP.2023.334443041:1(60-66)Online publication date: 16-Apr-2024
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Index Terms

TOUCHLESS: Demonstrations of Contactless Haptics for Affective Touch.
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices

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CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3544549

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University of Cambridge, UK
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Anicia Peters
University of Namibia, Namibia

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He SZeng HXue MHuang GYao CYing F(2024)Affective Stroking: Design Thermal Mid-Air Tactile for Assisting People in Stress RegulationApplied Sciences10.3390/app1420949414:20(9494)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/app14209494
Valenza GAlcañiz MCarli VDudnik GGentili CGuixeres Provinciale JRossi SToschi Nvan Wassenhove V(2024)The EXPERIENCE Project: Automatic virtualization of “extended personal reality” through biomedical signal processing and explainable artificial intelligence [Applications Corner]IEEE Signal Processing Magazine10.1109/MSP.2023.334443041:1(60-66)Online publication date: 16-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2023.3344430

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