Using Exercise Cycle as a Haptic Input Device in a Virtual Environment

Välkkynen, Pasi; Heinilä, Juhani; Lainio, Sari; Lakaniemi, Sami; Väätänen, Antti

Using Exercise Cycle as a Haptic Input Device in a Virtual Environment

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2001

Authors

Välkkynen, Pasi
Heinilä, Juhani
Lainio, Sari
Lakaniemi, Sami
Väätänen, Antti

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

Virku (Virtual Fitness Centre) is a study, in which an exercise cycle is used for navigating in a virtual environment. The cycle acts as a haptic bodily user interface between the user and the simulation. The simulation takes the terrain of the virtual environment into account in order to provide better feedback of the environment for the user. We have found out in usability tests that this kind of interface enhances the user's feeling of immersion in the virtual environment.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGVE/EGVE01/229-235
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments
},
editor = {B. Froehlich and J. Deisinger and H.-J. Bullinger
},
title = {{Using Exercise Cycle as a Haptic Input Device in a Virtual Environment
}},
author = {Välkkynen, Pasi and 
Heinilä, Juhani and 
Lainio, Sari and 
Lakaniemi, Sami and 
Väätänen, Antti
},
year = {2001
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-530X
},
ISBN = {3211836713
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGVE/EGVE01/229-235
}
}