As a result of several governments closing educational facilities in reaction to the COVID-19
pandemic in 2020, almost 80% of the world's students were not in school for several weeks …

Purpose Despite the increasing interest in the metaverse—immersive three-dimensional
virtual worlds wherein personalized avatars interact with one another—little is known about …

We present DrivingVibe, which explores vibrotactile feedback designs around the head to
enhance VR driving motion experiences. We propose two approaches that use a 360 …

Future crewed missions to the Moon will face significant environmental and operational
challenges, posing risks to the safety and performance of astronauts navigating its …

Simulating accurate weight forces in Virtual Reality (VR) is an unsolved challenge.
Therefore, providing real weight sensations by transferring liquid mass has emerged as a …

Haptic Experience (HX) is a proposed set of quality criteria useful to haptics, with prior
evidence for a 5-factor model with vibrotactile feedback. We report on an ongoing process of …

In the field of medical first responder training, the choice of training modality is crucial for skill
retention and real-world application. This study introduces the Green Manikin, an advanced …

Augmented Reality (AR) offers unique opportunities for contributing to zoos' objectives of
public engagement and education about animal and conservation issues. However, the …

Space agencies are in the process of drawing up carefully thought-out Concepts of
Operations (ConOps) for future human missions on the Moon. These are typically assessed …

New interactions are often developed by mimicking the real world. Therefore, many
researchers in haptics have focused on creating a realistic experience of contact between …