In Cinematic Virtual Reality (CVR), the viewer of an omnidirectional movie can freely choose
the viewing direction when watching a movie. Therefore, traditional techniques in filmmaking …

Encountered-Type Haptic Displays (ETHDs) provide haptic feedback by positioning a
tangible surface for the user to encounter. This permits users to freely eliciting haptic …

In the current consumer market, Virtual reality experiences are predominantly generated
through visual and auditory feedback. Haptics are not yet well established, but are …

Drones have expanded from military operations to performing a broad range of civilian
applications. As drone usage increases, humans will interact with such systems more often …

Virtual reality (VR) has been applied in many different sectors, including manufacturing and
engineering industries as well as in the healthcare industry where VR-equipped health …

VR has received increased attention as an educational tool and many argue it is destined to
influence educational practices, especially with the emergence of the Metaverse. Most prior …

We present a new handheld haptic device, Thor's Hammer, which uses propeller propulsion
to generate ungrounded, 3-DOF force feedback. Thor's Hammer has six motors and …

Quadcopters have been used as hovering encountered-type haptic devices in virtual reality.
We suggest that quadcopters can facilitate rich haptic interactions beyond force feedback by …

We present VRHapticDrones, a system utilizing quadcopters as levitating haptic feedback
proxy. A touchable surface is attached to the side of the quadcopters to provide unintrusive …

Personal drones are becoming more mainstream and are used for a variety of tasks, such as
delivery and photography. The exposed blades in conventional drones raise serious safety …