Haptic display for virtual reality: progress and challenges
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Immersion, interaction, and imagination are three features of virtual reality (VR). Existing VR systems possess fairly realistic visual and auditory feedbacks, and however, are poor with haptic feedback, by means of which human can perceive the physical world via abundant haptic properties. Haptic display is an interface aiming to enable bilateral signal communications between human and computer, and thus to greatly enhance the immersion and interaction of VR systems. This paper surveys the paradigm shift of haptic display occurred in the past 30 years, which is classified into three stages, including desktop haptics, surface haptics, and wearable haptics. The driving forces, key technologies and typical applications in each stage are critically reviewed. Toward the future high-fidelity VR interaction, research challenges are highlighted concerning handheld haptic device, multimodal haptic device, and high fidelity haptic rendering. In the end, the importance of understanding human haptic perception for designing effective haptic devices is addressed.
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- Authors
- WANG, D., GUO, Y., LIU, S., ZHANG, Y., XU, W., & XIAO, J.
- Affiliations
- Peng Cheng Laboratory (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems (CN)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- WANG, Dangxiao
- Venue
- Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 136-162
- ISSN
- 2096-5796 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2941315263
- Cited by
- 262
- References
- 105
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 63 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 12.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (61572055, 61633004)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFB1002803)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Keywords
- haptic display, haptic feedback, virtual reality, immersion, human-computer interaction, surface haptics, wearable haptics, haptic rendering, haptic perception
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