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Dynamic and Modular Thermal Feedback for Interactive 6DoF VR: Implementation and Evaluation

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Thermal effects in Virtual Reality (VR) can provide sensory information when interacting with objects, or create a thermal ambiance for a Virtual Environment (VE). They are critical to a range of applications, such as firefighting training or thermal comfort simulation. Existing ambient thermal feedback systems revealed limitations: most of them lack proper sensory characterization, are intrusive and/or limit movements, and are difficult to replicate. In this context, our contribution is a reproducible room-scale system able to provide dynamic ambient thermal feedback for 6 Degrees of Freedom VR experiences. We present its psychophysical study on thermal sensation, latency, and noise (n=10).

Source: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)

DOI: 10.1109/vrw66409.2025.00248

Authors: Sophie Villenave, Pierre Raimbaud, Guillaume Lavoué

Institutions: Lyon 1 Université, École Centrale de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d'Informatique en Images et Systèmes d'Information, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Language: English

Topic: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Award: Reflexive Multisensory Immersive Environment for Chemical Risk Training