Enabling and Leveraging whole-chassis sensing in VR, AR, and Handhelds

在 VR、AR 和手持设备中启用和利用整个机箱传感

• 批准号: 520891-2017
• 负责人: Wigdor, Daniel
• 金额: $ 12.51万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=696204
• 关键词: Enabling; Leveraging; whole; chassis; sensing

This project seeks to develop fundamentally new user interface software, built to take advantage of capacitive sensors capable of detecting detailed hand postures on and around electronic devices. The partner organization's innovative technologies create a unique opportunity to answer the question: can increased sensing of hand and finger position enable more immersive experiences? This project seeks an answer to this for each of three unique form factors: virtual reality controllers, augmented reality controllers, and handheld devices. The resulting technology will enable Tactual and its clients to fundamentally change the way humans interact with various technologies, while at the same time generating new bodies of knowledge in HCI, and producing significant HQP. The partner is Tactual Labs, a fabless semiconductor company focused on developing fundamentally better human input sensing. The technology used in this project is able to eliminate all latency from computers, tablets, digital whiteboards, virtual reality controllers, and other interactive systems. These fast devices are orders of magnitude more performant than traditional tech, at similar cost. The project will be conducted in phases. First, a methodology will be applied identifying opportunities for the unique hardware, in terms of human perception, motor skills, and context of use. Next, user interface software will be developed which take these into account, and which leverage Tactual's uniquely performant systems. These interfaces will undergo significant iterative refinement, before finally delivering three sets of unique user interface components built in software, which, when paired with Tactual's hardware, provide for fundamentally better user experiences with a wide array of form factors.

该项目旨在开发全新的用户界面软件，该软件旨在利用能够检测电子设备上及其周围详细手势的电容式传感器。该合作伙伴组织的创新技术创造了一个独特的机会来回答这个问题：增强对手和手指位置的感知能否带来更身临其境的体验？该项目针对三种独特的外形尺寸寻求答案：虚拟现实控制器、增强现实控制器和手持设备。由此产生的技术将使 Tactual 及其客户能够从根本上改变人类与各种技术交互的方式，同时在人机交互领域产生新的知识体系，并产生重要的 HQP。 合作伙伴是 Tactual Labs，这是一家无晶圆厂半导体公司，致力于从根本上开发更好的人类输入传感。该项目中使用的技术能够消除计算机、平板电脑、数字白板、虚拟现实控制器和其他交互系统的所有延迟。这些快速设备的性能比传统技术高出几个数量级，且成本相似。 该项目将分阶段进行。首先，将应用一种方法来确定独特硬件在人类感知、运动技能和使用环境方面的机会。接下来，将开发考虑到这些因素并利用 Tactual 独特性能系统的用户界面软件。这些界面将经历重大的迭代改进，然后最终提供三组内置软件的独特用户界面组件，这些组件与 Tactual 的硬件配合使用时，可以通过各种外形尺寸提供从根本上更好的用户体验。