Multisensory integration research has allowed us to better understand how humans
integrate sensory information to produce a unitary experience of the external world …

The success of the Bayesian perspective in explaining perceptual phenomena has
motivated the view that perceptual representation is probabilistic. But if perceptual …

Understanding and manipulating deformable objects (eg, ropes and fabrics) is an essential
yet challenging task with broad applications. Difficulties come from complex states and …

Multiple factors can affect presence in virtual environments, such as the number of human
senses engaged in a given experience or the extent to which the virtual experience is …

Haptic research has frequently equated softness with the compliance of elastic objects.
However, in a recent study we have suggested that compliance is not the only perceived …

Perceiving mechanical properties of objects, ie, how they react to physical forces, is a crucial
ability in many aspects of life, from choosing an avocado to picking your clothes. There is, a …

The softness of objects can be perceived through several senses. For instance, to judge the
softness of a cat's fur, we do not only look at it, we often also run our fingers through its coat …

Visually inferring the stiffness of objects is important for many tasks but is challenging
because, unlike optical properties (eg, gloss), mechanical properties do not directly affect …

Haptic research has traditionally often equated softness with compliance. However, in a
recent study we have suggested that compliance is not the only perceived object dimension …

In this article, we investigate the effects of active transient vibration and visuo-haptic illusion
to augment the perceived softness of haptic proxy objects. We introduce a system combining …