Microsoft Research 2011
Research internship with Microsoft Research Redmond (USA). I joined the Computational User Experiences (CUE) group and explored haptics for Kinect.
Timeframe
3 months
Collaboration
Microsoft Research Redmond
Asta Roseway, Dan Morris and Desney Tan
This project has 9 images and 2 videos
Hand-crafted actuator
Testing the haptic prototype with Kinect
Check the video at the bottom of the page for details of the interaction.
Early sketch of an actuated box
Control interface in sync with Xbox development setup
User interface to adjust the many parameters of the haptic interface
Main control box, and four different haptic output boxes
The simplest box, with a vibrotactile motor
Wearable haptic exploration
Another haptic box, with Haptuator
Actuated boxes for directional cues
Design explorations for handheld boxes that give simple directional cues (front/back) in a Kinect-like setup.
Video mov, 640 x 360px , 6.25 MB
Haptic detents/notches over the depth axis
Video mov, 640 x 360px , 26.53 MB