Physically-based Haptic Rendering for Virtual Hand Interaction
Written by Wenzhen YANG (external)
Wenzhen YANG
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Invited talk in English
June 21, 2012 at 13:00
University of West Bohemia, UV115
Media
Presentation video (78 MB) download or watch online.Abstract
The haptic rendering for virtual hand interaction is a hot research issue in the field of virtual reality. Based our previous research, we integrated four aspects of the haptic rendering for virtual hand interaction, which included the contact, static grasp, movement, and collision of virtual hand. We presented a method of contact force rendering of virtual hand based on the human fingers? force characteristics. A physically-based method for generating virtual hand grasp force was proposed to simulate the force of virtual hand static holding objects. Then, we deduced the algorithms to generate the realistic action force of the virtual hand grasping an object and moving in virtual environments. The algorithms were based on the kinematics and dynamics of the robot theory. With the impulse theorem and coefficient of elastic recovery, we further analyzed the collision force rendering with friction for virtual hand interaction in virtual environments. A special series of experimental results showed that the physically-based haptic rendering approaches for the virtual hand interaction were computationally efficient while retaining a well level of realism.
About the speaker
Dr. Wenzhen Yang received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Zhejiang University (ZJU, CN) in 2001, and his PhD in Computer Science from ZJU in 2007. As a visiting scholar he worked at the George Mason University (GMU, USA) in 2009. Now, Dr. Yang works as an Associate Professor and Virtual Reality Laboratory Chair at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU, CN). His research interests are in interactive digital media (particularly in 3D visualization, virtual reality, and olfactory and haptic interfaces), and Biomedical Engineering (anthropopathic dexterous hand, virtual surgery, and master-slave control medical devices). Dr. Yang has more than 40 research papers and presented 10 papers at international conferences. He also got more than 20 nation patents of China. He is a committee member of ACM SIGCHI of China and Session chair of HCI of VRCAI 2010 etc.
