Abstract—In this paper, we designed a haptic controller interface that can control haptic controller with pressure sensors that collect pressure data from each finger, linear actuators to control different force feedback on each finger, and vibration motor. The haptic controller system consists of haptic controller hardware, haptic controller interface, and game engine module. The haptic controller hardware communicates with haptic controller interface module via serial communication. The game engine interface module performs physics-based interaction between haptic controller and virtual object. We designed the haptic controller interface with previously studied hardware and performed user tests. This paper showed the possibility of more realistic hand operation than the existing VR controller.

Index Terms—Finger interface, haptic controller, object manipulation, virtual reality.

SangHun Nam is with Dept. of Culture & Technology, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongnam, South Korea. Jiyong Lee is with Research Department, Bitwin Media Lab Inc., Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea. Ginam Ko is with Research Department, PlaceB Inc., Seoul, South Korea.

Cite:SangHun Nam, Jiyong Lee, Ginam Ko, "The Interaction of Five-Fingered Haptic Controller for Manipulating Object in Virtual Reality," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 160-166, 2020.

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