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Article

Substitute Buttons: Exploring Tactile Perception of Physical Buttons for Use as Haptic Proxies

by
Bram van Deurzen
1,*,
Gustavo Alberto Rovelo Ruiz
1,
Daniël M. Bot
2,
Davy Vanacken
1 and
Kris Luyten
1,*
1
UHasselt—Flanders Make, Expertise Centre for Digital Media, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
2
UHasselt, Data Science Institute, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
*
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Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2024, 8(3), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8030015
Submission received: 19 January 2024 / Revised: 13 February 2024 / Accepted: 17 February 2024 / Published: 20 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue 3D User Interfaces and Virtual Reality)
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Buttons are everywhere and are one of the most common interaction elements in both physical and digital interfaces. While virtual buttons offer versatility, enhancing them with realistic haptic feedback is challenging. Achieving this requires a comprehensive understanding of the tactile perception of physical buttons and their transferability to virtual counterparts. This research investigates tactile perception concerning button attributes such as shape, size, and roundness and their potential generalization across diverse button types. In our study, participants interacted with each of the 36 buttons in our search space and provided a response to which one they thought they were touching. The findings were used to establish six substitute buttons capable of effectively emulating tactile experiences across various buttons. In a second study, these substitute buttons were validated against virtual buttons in VR. Highlighting the potential use of the substitute buttons as haptic proxies for applications such as encountered-type haptics.
Keywords: haptic feedback; button interaction; virtual reality; encountered-type haptics haptic feedback; button interaction; virtual reality; encountered-type haptics
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van Deurzen, B.; Rovelo Ruiz, G.A.; Bot, D.M.; Vanacken, D.; Luyten, K. Substitute Buttons: Exploring Tactile Perception of Physical Buttons for Use as Haptic Proxies. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2024, 8, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8030015

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van Deurzen B, Rovelo Ruiz GA, Bot DM, Vanacken D, Luyten K. Substitute Buttons: Exploring Tactile Perception of Physical Buttons for Use as Haptic Proxies. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2024; 8(3):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8030015

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van Deurzen, Bram, Gustavo Alberto Rovelo Ruiz, Daniël M. Bot, Davy Vanacken, and Kris Luyten. 2024. "Substitute Buttons: Exploring Tactile Perception of Physical Buttons for Use as Haptic Proxies" Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 8, no. 3: 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8030015

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van Deurzen, B., Rovelo Ruiz, G. A., Bot, D. M., Vanacken, D., & Luyten, K. (2024). Substitute Buttons: Exploring Tactile Perception of Physical Buttons for Use as Haptic Proxies. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 8(3), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti8030015

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