Three-in-one: Levitation, parametric audio, and mid-air haptic feedback
Paper in proceeding, 2019

ACM Ultrasound enables new types of human-computer interfaces, ranging from auditory and haptic displays to levitation (visual). We demonstrate these capabilities with an ultrasonic phased array that allows users to interactively manipulate levitating objects with mid-air hand gestures whilst also receiving auditory feedback via highly directional parametric audio, and haptic feedback via focused ultrasound onto their bare hands. Therefore, this demo presents the first ever ultrasound rig which conveys information to three different sensory channels and levitates small objects simultaneously.

Ultrasound

Levitation

Gestural controllers

Interface design

Author

GÖzel Shakeri

University of Glasgow

Euan Freeman

University of Glasgow

Carl Andersson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics

William Frier

Ultrahaptics Limited

Michele Iodice

Ultrahaptics Limited

Benjamin Long

Ultrahaptics Limited

Orestis Georgiou

Ultrahaptics Limited

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

3313264
978-145035971-9 (ISBN)

2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2019
Glasgow, United Kingdom,

Subject Categories

Medical Equipment Engineering

Interaction Technologies

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1145/3290607.3313264

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