2009/01/27 by Anatole Lécuyer · 3 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Multisensory perception and integration #Tactile and Sensory Interactions #Visual perception and processing mechanisms
paper · doi:10.1162/pres.18.1.39
openalex publication_date 2009/01/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper presents a survey of the main results obtained in the field of “pseudo-haptic feedback”: a technique meant to simulate haptic sensations in virtual environments using visual feedback and properties of human visuo-haptic perception. Pseudo-haptic feedback uses vision to distort haptic perception and verges on haptic illusions. Pseudo-haptic feedback has been used to simulate various haptic properties such as the stiffness of a virtual spring, the texture of an image, or the mass of a virtual object. This paper describes the several experiments in which these haptic properties were simulated. It assesses the definition and the properties of pseudo-haptic feedback. It also describes several virtual reality applications in which pseudo-haptic feedback has been successfully implemented, such as a virtual environment for vocational training of milling machine operations, or a medical simulator for training in regional anesthesia procedures.