Exploring universal expression of emotion with vibrotactile patterns composed using dynamic features
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Wikstrom, Valtteri; Makkonen, Tommi; Saarikivi, Katri
- Source
- 2017 Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW) Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), 2017 Seventh International Conference on. :77-78 Oct, 2017
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Haptic interfaces
Reliability
Electronic mail
Prototypes
Cultural differences
Global communication
Jitter
- Language
Touch is an important modality for conveying emotion. Affective haptics is a relatively new field with the aim of creating systems that can capture and create touch sensations that carry emotional meaning. Universal patterns in the expression of emotion have been found in movement and music using dynamic features. Previous work in affective haptics has used a variety of strategies to design the haptic sensations, but abstract mappings have not been common. With this prototype we explore how dynamic features can also be used to control vibrotactile sensations on a grid, and whether the resulting haptic patterns carry universal emotional meaning. The prototype consists of vibrotactile grid modules with multiple motors and a slider interface to control abstract features that have been previously used successfully for the dynamic control of movement and music. In the long run, vibrotactile patterns could be used to convey affect information during computer-mediated interaction in order to improve the quality of understanding.