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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Head-Mounted Sensory Augmentation Device: Comparing Haptic and Audio Modality

Authors : Hamideh Kerdegari, Yeongmi Kim, Tony J. Prescott

Published in: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper investigates and compares the effectiveness of haptic and audio modality for navigation in low visibility environment using a sensory augmentation device. A second generation head-mounted vibrotactile interface as a sensory augmentation prototype was developed to help users to navigate in such environments. In our experiment, a subject navigates along a wall relying on the haptic or audio feedbacks as navigation commands. Haptic/audio feedback is presented to the subjects according to the information measured from the walls to a set of 12 ultrasound sensors placed around a helmet and a classification algorithm by using multilayer perceptron neural network. Results showed the haptic modality leads to significantly lower route deviation in navigation compared to auditory feedback. Furthermore, the NASA TLX questionnaire showed that subjects reported lower cognitive workload with haptic modality although both modalities were able to navigate the users along the wall.

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Metadata
Title
Head-Mounted Sensory Augmentation Device: Comparing Haptic and Audio Modality
Authors
Hamideh Kerdegari
Yeongmi Kim
Tony J. Prescott
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-42416-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-42417-0

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_11

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