Vibrotactile displays: spin-off from challenging environments to sport
conference paper
Vibrotactile displays use the skin as information channel. The last decade, there has been a growing interest in these displays because of their potential to decrease the threat of visual and auditory overload for people who work in challenging environments, such as astronauts, divers and fighter pilots. An additional advantage is that a localised vibration can work similar to a tap-on-the-shoulder and can may present spatial information in an intuitive way. Therefore, the main applications focussed on providing orientation and navigation information to be used in-the-loop. More recently, this technology was transferred to the sports domain. A localised vibration can provide navigation information (i.e., where to move to), but also evoke limb initiation (i.e., how to move), and possibly improve movement co-ordination (when to move). This paper presents an overview of the principles and technology of tactile displays for challenging environments, the chances for the sports domain and the first pilot studies done on posture and movement pattern feedback.
TNO Identifier
278231
Publisher
Elsevier
Source title
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2006, 16th World Congress on Ergonomics "Meeting diversity in ergonomics", Maastricht, 10-14 July
Editor(s)
Pikaar, R.N.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Place of publication
Oxford
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