The document discusses haptic suits, which are wearable devices that provide tactile feedback in virtual reality. It provides details on how haptic suits work by using small electrical pulses to stimulate electrodes on the skin and mimic various sensations. The document also outlines the main components of a haptic system, including actuators that provide vibration, sensors to detect user movements, and software to coordinate feedback. Potential applications of haptic suits discussed include training, entertainment, education, and smart clothing. While the technology offers benefits, challenges include high costs, energy consumption, and privacy/security concerns that must still be addressed through ongoing research.

1. Presented By:
Parnika Gupta
B.Tech EC 3rd year
Roll no.- 10766

2. •Haptic suit is one of the revolutionary wearable
devices in the field of virtual reality.
•It is also known as haptic vest, tactile suit
or gaming suit.
•It allows the user to completely dive into the
world of virtual reality beyond visualization.

3. ‘Haptics’ is derived from the Greek word ‘haptikos’
which means – ‘being able to come into contact’.
It’s the science of applying touch (tactile) sensation
and control to interact with computer applications.
It basically expands the notion of bidirectional
communication between humans and computers to
include sensory feedback.
Virtual reality is a form of human-computer interaction providing a virtual
environment that one can explore through direct interaction with our senses.
It is the imitation of the real world where one should be able to interact with
the environment and get a feedback.

4. •Haptic feedback means responding to sensations.
•It is the basic principle on which haptic suits work.
•Sensations received and transmitted in two ways: Tactile and
Force.
TACTILE FEEDBACK
Refers to the sensations
felt by the skin like-
pressure, shear, slip,
vibration, temperature
etc.
FORCE FEEDBACK
It reproduces the
directional forces that can
result from solid boundaries
like-position, orientation,
force etc.

5. •In 1990’s, robotic engineers of MIT
thought that if they could move robot
arm by computer then why couldn’t they
utilise the robot arm to analyze the
computer data.
•So, the haptic devices are achually
reverse robotics.
•First haptic device was Phantom, used
for 3-D modeling.

6. Aura Interactor (1994)
RD Space Vest (2007)
Tactile Gaming Vest (2010)
ARAIG (2013)
KOR-FX (2014)
Teslasuit (2015)
Rapture (2016)
NeoSensory Exoskin(2018)

7. Haptic
feedback
system
Motion
capture
and
avatar
system
Biometric
system
Climate
control
system
• The works on the principle of sensitisation of the
suit based on sending a tiny pulse of different
amplitude, frequency, amperage to the electrode.
Haptic feedback
system
• Tracks the movement and determine the position
of a person in space accurately. Can be done in
two ways: Inertial and optical.
Motion capture and
avatar system
• Real-time monitoring and processing is done and
the data analyzed could be transmitted easily,
like- ECG, blood pressure etc.
Biometric system
• A temperature control technology that is
responsible for raising and lowering the
temperature is Peltier element (within the 10-40
degrees range).
Climate control system

8. Compute the VR
behaviour over timeMeasures signalsSenses signal
Feedback

9. Design of Haptic System/Haptic interface: Consists of a haptic device and
software-based computer control mechanisms. It enables human–machine
communication through the sense of touch.
Actuator: Vibrates the device in a specific pattern. The type of actuator
will determine there solution and quality of the haptic effects.
Simulation engine: responsible for computing the virtual environments
behavior over time;
Visual, auditory, and haptic rendering: compute the virtual environment’s
graphic, sound, and force responses toward the user;
Transducers: convert visual, audio, and force signals from the computer
into a form the operator can perceive.
Sensors: It is responsible for sensing the haptic information exerted by
the user on a certain object and sending these force readings to the haptic
rendering module.
Haptic rendering: The process of calculating the sense of touch,
especially force.
Software: The software generates the haptic waveforms and can reside
on an applications processor, microcontroller, or integrated driver
Driver: Part of the electrical design and is the bridge between the
controller and the actuator.

10. 1. All-in-one solution (many sensors
could be fabricated easily)
2. Health monitoring and analysis is fast
3. A large surface (body) better data
acquisition
4. Wireless connection
5. Better virtual experience
6. Activity tracking
• low response time
• great accuracy of capturing
(recording movements)
7. Self-adjusting temperature
• cools the garments during and
before the exercise
• lowers cardiovascular strain

11. 68 haptic points,
11 motion sensors,
with
more than
250 different
types
sensations

12. Flexible wearable
sensors for health
monitoring
Activity
-tracker
Smart
ring
An Interactive
Belt Worn
Badge
and many more…
Fitness
socks and
shoes
Gloves and
AR/VR glasses

13. 1. Space stations
2. Medicine
3. Training
purposes
4. Entertainment
and cinema
5. Smart clothing
6. Education

15. 1. Cost- Research and production cost is very high.
2. Security- Wireless wearable devices could be
hacked.
3. Intrusion- People can be overwhelmed by the huge
amount of data and can easily be panicked by
misinterpreting any vital health data.
4. Sensitive signal- Wrong data could be send.
5. Energy- High energy consumption in some
wearables like in climate control system.

16. We hope for a:
1. Flexible
2. Accurate
3. Light weight
4. Durable
5. Self-adaptive
6. Multi-purpose
suit

17. The world is full of things that intrigue us. The
haptic suit is the future of reality technology and
clothing(e-textiles). It is designed to help people
learn things and abstracts present in the world
efficiently, although a lot of research and cost is
required. It has full potential to replace the normal
clothing style and standard of learning and living.†

18. •https://teslasuit.io/blog/
•Deepa Mathew, University of Tampere Department of Computer
Sciences Interactive Technology; Research: Wearable Haptics October
2008
•Prof. Dr. Marc Van Parys; “Development and Research of Smart
Functional Clothing Textiles” 2013
•MOHAMAD A. EID1 , (Senior Member, IEEE), AND HUSSEIN AL
OSMAN, New York University, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE, School of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa,
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada; “Affective Haptics: Current Research and
Future Directions” 2015
•NURATIQA NATRAH MANSOR, MUHAMMAD HERMAN JAMALUDDIN,
AHMAD ZAKI SHUKOR, 1,2,3 Centre for Robotics and Industrial
Automation (CERIA), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia;
CONCEPT AND APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY HAPTIC
TECHNOLOGY 2014
•Abdulmotaleb El Saddik and team, “Haptic Technologies: Bringing Touch
To Multimedia” 2011