In the last decade, several new haptic devices have been developed, contributing to the
definition of more realistic virtual environments. An overview of this topic requires a …

Many features of materials can be experienced through tactile cues, even using one's feet.
For example, one can easily distinguish between moss and stone without looking at the …

Walking-In-Place (WIP) techniques provide one possible solution to the problem emerging
when an immersive virtual environment (IVE) offers a larger freedom of movement than the …

In this paper, we describe several experiments whose goal is to evaluate the role of plantar
vibrotactile feedback in enhancing the realism of walking experiences in multimodal virtual …

Augmented Footwear has become an increasingly common research area. However, as this
is a comparatively new direction in HCI, researchers and designers are not able to build …

Many haptic feedback methods have been proposed to enhance realism in virtual reality
(VR). However, friction on the feet in VR, which renders feedback as if walking on different …

This article investigates whether auditory feedback affects natural locomotion patterns.
Individuals were provided with footstep sounds simulating different surface materials. The …

This paper introduces the design of SoleSound, a wearable system designed to deliver
ecological, audio-tactile, underfoot feedback. The device, which primarily targets clinical …

This paper describes a framework for designing systems for real locomotion in virtual
environments (VEs) in order to achieve an intense sense of presence. The main outcome of …

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