DEVELOPING A TACTILE DISPLAY USING AIRFLOW AS A TACTILE FEEDBACK

Abstract

Scientists who are working in the field of haptic would like to overcome one of the profound challenges which is developing a multimodal tactile display. The user interfaces developed by them must include a higher number of modalities to create maximum realism while interacting with a user interface. However, advances in digital systems require a new method to create them and add additional factors for maximum satisfaction. In this paper, a tactile display that uses air to create a texture feeling is introduced. In addition, the convection method is employed for temperature feeling and the sense of smell is added in addition to the conventional modalities. The performance of the system was tested through psychophysical evaluation. The results showed that the developed surface has the potential to integrate into the current digital devices where human-machine interaction is a matter of interest.