Infinite Stairs

CREDITS

Ryohei Nagao, Keigo Matsumoto, Takuji Narumi, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose

YEAR

2017

Infinite Stairs is a novel technique to simulate the sensation of walking up and down the stairs in a VE based on visuo-haptic interaction. The haptic stimuli provided by a small bump under the feet of the users correspond to the edge of the stair in the VE, and the visual stimuli of the stairs and shoes, provided by the HMD, evoke visuo-haptic interaction for the user. Infinite Stairs enables the user to experience any type of virtual stairs, including Penrose stairs, in a virtual reality setting.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ryohei Nagao, Keigo Matsumoto, Takuji Narumi, Tomohiro Tanikawa, and Michitaka Hirose. Ascending and Descending in Virtual Reality: Simple and Safe System Using Passive Haptics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 1584-1593, 2018. [doi]

  • Ryohei Nagao, Keigo Matsumoto, Takuji Narumi, Tomohiro Tanikawa, and Michitaka Hirose. 2017. Infinite stairs: simulating stairs in virtual reality based on visuo-haptic interaction. In SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies (SIGGRAPH '17). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–2. [doi]

EXHIBITIONS

  • Oct. 12 - 21, 2018

    INNOVATION TOKYO 2018 AR Playground with Niantic, 六本木ヒルズ 毛利庭園

  • Oct. 27 - 29, 2017

    Infinite Stairs, Digital Content Expo 2017, 日本科学未来館

  • Jul. 30 - Aug. 3, 2017

    Infinite Stairs: Simulating Stairs in Virtual Reality Based on Visuo-Haptic Interaction, SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies

MEDIA