Researches

I was one of the members of a team worked on design and related study on thermal haptics. Our work’s focus was on designing the device which would be able to provide thermal haptic sensation combined with visual contents for enhancing user experience in virtual environment.

Our work included content design for exploring the potential of thermal feedback in virtual space as well. Based on the user studies we have conducted, we designed several applications for multiple purposes. We intended to explore use of our system for information presenting, ambient or material simulation, and it’s potential for enriching user experience in interactive contents.

Team nembers

• Roshan Peris
  Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

• Zikun Chen
  Master student (graduated on 2017), Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

• Wei Peng
  Master student (graduated on 2018), Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

My contribution

• Co-research

• Interaction Design

• Prototyping

• Designing and conduct user study

Publications

• A Thermally Enhanced Weather Checking System in VR
  ACM UIST 2017
  Zikun Chen, Roshan Peiris, Kouta Minamizawa

• A Thermal Pattern Design for Providing Dynamic Thermal Feedback on the Face with Head Mounted Displays
  ACM TEI 2017
  Zikun Chen, Roshan Peiris, Kouta Minamizawa

• ThermoVR: Exploring Integrated Thermal Haptic Feedback with Head Mounted Displays
  ACM CHI 2017 
  Roshan Peiris, Peng Wei, Zikun Chen, Liwei Chan, Kouta Minamizawa

Awards

Gold Award for Best Demo in the Jury Category
AsiaHaptics 2016 
As a invited demo of the submission: “A novel multimodal tactile module that can provide vibro-thermal feedback”