13 papers
HaptoFlow: High-Fidelity Real-Time Vibrotactile Generation via Flow Matching for Virtual Reality
Michikuni Eguchi, Yuichi Hiroi, Takefumi Hiraki
Haptic feedback is widely employed to enhance immersion in Virtual Reality (VR) environments. However, designing haptic stimuli that cover diverse interaction conditions remains a…
Weather Synchronization in Digital Twin Environments for Shared VR Experience Using Commercial Metaverse Platforms
Masanori Ibara, Yuichi Hiroi, Takushi Kamegai +5
Digital twin technology creates bidirectional synchronization between physical and virtual environments, yet current implementations fail to provide authentic environmental experie…
LUIDA: Large-scale Unified Infrastructure for Digital Assessments based on Commercial Metaverse Platform
Yong-Hao Hu, Sotaro Yokoi, Yuji Hatada +3
Online experiments using metaverse platforms have gained significant traction in Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality (VR) research. However, current research workflows a…
Tactile Data Recording System for Clothing with Motion-Controlled Robotic Sliding
Michikuni Eguchi, Takekazu Kitagishi, Yuichi Hiroi +1
The tactile sensation of clothing is critical to wearer comfort. To reveal physical properties that make clothing comfortable, systematic collection of tactile data during sliding…
Cluster Haptic Texture Dataset: Haptic Texture Dataset with Varied Velocity-Direction Sliding Contacts
Michikuni Eguchi, Tomohiro Hayase, Yuichi Hiroi +1
Haptic sciences and technologies benefit greatly from comprehensive datasets that capture tactile stimuli under controlled, systematic conditions. However, existing haptic datasets…
Cross-Reality Lifestyle: Integrating Physical and Virtual Lives through Multi-Platform Metaverse
Yuichi Hiroi, Yuji Hatada, Takefumi Hiraki
Technological advances are redefining the relationship between physical and virtual spaces. Traditionally, when users engage in virtual reality, they are completely cutoff from the…