TangibleData: Interactive Data Visualization with Mid-Air Haptics

Conference · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3489849.3489890· OSTI ID:1885237

Bhardwaj, Ayush ^[1]; Chae, Junghoon  ^[2]; Noeske, Richard Huynh ^[1]; Kim, Jin Ryong ^[1]

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1. University of Texas at Dallas
2. ORNL

In this paper, we investigate the effects of mid-air haptics in interactive 3D data visualization. We build an interactive 3D data visualization tool that adapts hand gestures and mid-air haptics to provide tangible interaction in VR using ultrasound haptic feedback on 3D data visualization. We consider two types of 3D visualization datasets and provide different data encoding methods for haptic representations. Two user experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of our approach. The first experimental results show that adding a mid-air haptic modality can be beneficial regardless of noise conditions and useful for handling occlusion or discerning density and volume information. The second experiment results further show the strengths and weaknesses of direct touch and indirect touch modes. Our findings can shed light on designing and implementing a tangible interaction on 3D data visualization with mid-air haptic feedback.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1885237
• Resource Relation: Conference: 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) - Osaka, , Japan - 12/8/2021 10:00:00 AM-12/10/2021 10:00:00 AM
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English