Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

Best Paper Award for the 5th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, in the context of HCI International 2013, 21-26 July 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the 5th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
conferred to

Bernhard Weber, Mikel Sagardia, Thomas Hulin (German Aerospace Center, Germany)
Carsten Preusche (BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification, Germany)

for the paper entitled

"Visual, Vibrotactile, and Force Feedback of Collisions in Virtual Environments: Effects on Performance, Mental Workload and Spatial Orientation"

Presented in the context of HCI International 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
21-26 July 2013

Paper Abstract
"In a laboratory study with N = 42 participants (thirty novices and twelve virtual reality (VR) specialists), we evaluated different variants of collision feedback in a virtual environment. Individuals had to perform several object manipulations (peg-in-hole, narrow passage) in a virtual assembly scenario with three different collision feedback modalities (visual vs. vibrotactile vs. force feedback) and two different task complexities (small vs. large peg or wide vs. narrow passage, respectively). The feedback modalities were evaluated in terms of assembly performance (completion time, movement precision) and subjective user ratings. Altogether, results indicate that high resolution force feedback provided by a robotic arm as input device is superior in terms of movement precision, mental workload, and spatial orientation compared to vibrotactile and visual feedback systems."

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.