Wearable jamming mitten for virtual environment haptics

TM Simon, RT Smith, BH Thomas - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2014dl.acm.org
This paper presents a new mitten incorporating vacuum layer jamming technology to
provide haptic feedback to a user. We demonstrate that layer jamming technology can be
successfully applied to a mitten, and discuss advantages layer jamming provides as a
wearable technology through its low profile form factor. Jamming differs from traditional
wearable haptic systems by restricting a user's movement, rather than applying an actuation
force on the user's body. Restricting the user's movement is achieved by varying the stiffness …
This paper presents a new mitten incorporating vacuum layer jamming technology to provide haptic feedback to a user. We demonstrate that layer jamming technology can be successfully applied to a mitten, and discuss advantages layer jamming provides as a wearable technology through its low profile form factor. Jamming differs from traditional wearable haptic systems by restricting a user's movement, rather than applying an actuation force on the user's body. Restricting the user's movement is achieved by varying the stiffness of wearable items, such as gloves. We performed a pilot study where the qualitative results showed users found the haptic sensation of the jamming mitten similar to grasping the physical counterpart.
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