Haptic Feedback, Performance and Arousal: A Comparison Study in an Immersive VR Motor Skill Training Task

IF 2.4 3区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS

IEEE Transactions on Haptics Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.1109/TOH.2023.3319034

Unnikrishnan Radhakrishnan;Lisheng Kuang;Konstantinos Koumaditis;Francesco Chinello;Claudio Pacchierotti

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Abstract

This article investigates the relationship between fine motor skill training in VR, haptic feedback, and physiological arousal. To do so, we present the design and development of a motor skill task (buzzwire), along with a custom vibrotactile feedback attachment for the Geomagic Touch haptic device. A controlled experiment following a between-subjects design was conducted with 73 participants, studying the role of three feedback conditions – visual/kinesthetic, visual/vibrotactile and visual only – on the learning and performance of the considered task and the arousal levels of the participants. Results indicate that performance improved in all three feedback conditions after the considered training session. However, participants reported no change in self-efficacy and in terms of presence and task load (NASA-TLX). All three feedback conditions also showed similar arousal levels. Further analysis revealed that positive changes in performance were linked to higher arousal levels. These results suggest the potential of haptic feedback to affect arousal levels and encourage further research into using this relationship to improve motor skill training in VR.

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触觉反馈、表现和唤醒：沉浸式VR运动技能训练任务的比较研究。

本文研究了虚拟现实中精细运动技能训练、触觉反馈和生理唤醒之间的关系。为此，我们介绍了运动技能任务（蜂鸣器）的设计和开发，以及Geomagic Touch触觉设备的自定义振动触觉反馈附件。在受试者之间的设计之后，对73名参与者进行了一项对照实验，研究了三种反馈条件——视觉/动觉、视觉/振动触觉和仅视觉——对所考虑任务的学习和表现以及参与者的唤醒水平的作用。结果表明，经过深思熟虑的培训后，在所有三种反馈条件下的表现都有所改善。然而，参与者的自我效能感、在场感和任务负荷（NASA-TLX）没有变化。所有三种反馈条件也显示出相似的唤醒水平。进一步的分析显示，表现的积极变化与更高的唤醒水平有关。这些结果表明，触觉反馈有可能影响唤醒水平，并鼓励进一步研究利用这种关系来改善VR中的运动技能训练。

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IEEE Transactions on Haptics COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS-

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

13.80%

发文量

109

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) is a scholarly archival journal that addresses the science, technology, and applications associated with information acquisition and object manipulation through touch. Haptic interactions relevant to this journal include all aspects of manual exploration and manipulation of objects by humans, machines and interactions between the two, performed in real, virtual, teleoperated or networked environments. Research areas of relevance to this publication include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Human haptic and multi-sensory perception and action, Aspects of motor control that explicitly pertain to human haptics, Haptic interactions via passive or active tools and machines, Devices that sense, enable, or create haptic interactions locally or at a distance, Haptic rendering and its association with graphic and auditory rendering in virtual reality, Algorithms, controls, and dynamics of haptic devices, users, and interactions between the two, Human-machine performance and safety with haptic feedback, Haptics in the context of human-computer interactions, Systems and networks using haptic devices and interactions, including multi-modal feedback, Application of the above, for example in areas such as education, rehabilitation, medicine, computer-aided design, skills training, computer games, driver controls, simulation, and visualization.