Haptics: Understanding Touch; Technology and Systems; Applications and Interaction

The two-volume set LNCS 14768 + 14769 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2024, held in Lille, France, during June 30 July 3, 2024.

The 81 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 142 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: understanding touch; technology and systems; applications and interaction.

Inhalt

.- Understanding Touch.

.- A Feasibility Study on Tactile Enhancement of Mid-Air Ultrasonic Stimulation by Wrist Vibration.

.- Measuring the distribution of tactile acuity at the fingertips.

.- Study of Cathodic Electrotactile Stimulus Current Estimation on Fingertip using Individual Skin Electrical Impedance and Machine Learning.

.- Exploring Mental Representations of Material Categories through a Thermal Display.

.- Recognition of 2D shapes with varying complexity and thickness on an ultrasonic tactile display.

.- To touch or not to touch: The linkage between viscosity and unpleasantness.

.- Audio-Tactile Integration: Concurrent Audio Feedback Can Shift Vibrotactile Frequency Perception.

.- Exploring the range of softness perception presented by spatiotemporal modulation in mid-air ultrasound haptic displays.

.- Comparison of perceptual characteristics of vibrotactile and squeezing stimuli in haptic devices.

.- Self-supervised Spatio-Temporal Graph Mask-Passing Attention Network for Perceptual Importance Prediction of Multi-point Tactility.

.- Basic Investigation of Hair Perception Characteristics at the Fingertip.

.- The visuotactile temporal binding window widens with spatial congruency.

.- Studying the influence of contact force on thermal perception at the fingertip.

.- Anisotropy in Normal Force and Friction during Active Tracing.

.- Towards a Model for Haptics as a Co-Regulation Adjunct in Cognitive Reappraisal.

.- Force Cue Presentation by Electrical Stimulation to Lateral Side of the Finger.

.- Technology and Systems.

.- Analysis of Thermal Properties of Artificial Fingers for Recording Thermal Transients During Hand-Object Interactions.

.- A Direct-drive, Wearable Armband Device to Experiment Combined Continuous and Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback for Guidance in Motor Tasks.

.- Conception and Design of a Dual-Property Haptic Stimuli Database - Integrating Stochastic Roughness and Elasticity.

.- Rotational Skin-stretch Distribution Creates Directional Force Sensation on the Wrist.

.- Multi-actuator Haptic Handle Using Soft Material for Vibration Isolation.

.- Vibrotactile Signal Compression using Perceptually Trained Autoencoders.

.- Force perception by presentation of skin shear deformation to shoulder.

.- WAL: Wearable based on Active Lubrication for Virtual Reality.

.- Presentation of Tracing Sensation through Combination of Disk Rotation and Vibration.

.- Applications and Interaction.

.- Emotional Dimensions of the Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion in Virtual Reality: The Interplay of Visual and Tactile Stimuli.

.- On the Relation of Skin Stretch and Finger Joint Angle Evolution in Human Hand Grasping Tasks.

.- The Effects of Simulated Driving on Perceived Urgency Elicited by Vibration Stimulation.

.- Participatory Design for In-Vehicle Vibrotactile Warnings on Driver's Seat.

.- Comparing Ultrasonic and Force Feedback to Foster Older Adults' Engagement in Cognitive Activities Facilitated by a Social Robot.

.- The Interplay of Vision and Referred Haptic Feedback in VR Environments.

.- Impact of Vibrotactile Triggers on Mental Well-Being through ASMR Experience in VR.

.- Towards End-User Customization of Haptic Experiences.

.- Lo-fi prototyping a refreshable pin display.

.- Cool Me Down: Effects of Thermal Feedback on Cognitive Stress in Virtual Reality.

.- Mid-air haptic congruence with virtual objects modulates the implicit sense of agency.

.- Investigating Haptic Co-Creation with Reinforcement Learning.

.- Perception and Control of Surfing in Virtual Reality using a 6-DoF Motion Platform.

.- Augmenting the Texture Perception of Tangible Surfaces in Augmented Reality using Vibrotactile Haptics.

.- Dynamic End-Effector for Rendering Hardness and Stiffness with Encountered-Type Haptics.