@inproceedings{372225393d33405da581547b7a12e8de,
title = "Design and Development of a Low-cost Device for Weight and Center of Gravity Simulation in Virtual Reality",
abstract = "With rapid advances in virtual reality (VR) technology, the use of haptics has become important to allow users to feel the physical properties of virtual objects. Current research has focused mainly on either weight variation or changing the center of gravity, which limits the simulation potential and may affect the feeling of immersion. This research explores the design and development of a device that can simulate both weight and center of gravity using low-cost components. Through an iterative design process and continuous testing with users, we arrived at a final prototype, FluidWeight, a device that can be attached to a typical VR handheld controller. FluidWeight uses fluid, which is transported from a central storage to a receptacle attached to the controller. A final experiment shows that users enjoyed using it because it could help increase the sense of realism in VR applications.",
keywords = "Center of Gravity, Force Feedback, Games., Haptics, Virtual Reality, Weight Distribution",
author = "Diego Monteiro and Liang, {Hai Ning} and Xian Wang and Wenge Xu and Huawei Tu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 ACM.; 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2021 ; Conference date: 18-10-2021 Through 22-10-2021",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1145/3462244.3479907",
language = "English",
series = "ICMI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "453--460",
booktitle = "ICMI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction",
}