Belt and whistles - adding lower body collision awareness for MR experiences

Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026 Open access

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Authors: Diar Abdlkarim, Devika Mukherjee, Daniele Giunchi, Massimiliano Di Luca, Eyal Ofek
DOI: 10.1145/3772318.3793143
Cited by: 1
References: 47

Abstract

Users of Virtual Reality (VR) primarily sense their environment through audiovisual cues. The lack of haptic feedback on their body can make them unaware of virtual obstacles outside their field of view. This lack of sensing can cause the user to unknowingly penetrate virtual objects, breaking the scene’s plausibility and disrupting the experience of other users in the same virtual space. We propose a haptic belt that increases the user’s scene awareness by rendering signals of collisions and proximity to virtual objects around the user.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Face Recognition and Perception Social Robot Interaction and HRI

Publication details

Journal / source
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher
ACM
Pages
1–12
Publication date
13 April 2026
Language
EN