TY - GEN
T1 - Ants in the Pants - Ticklish Tactile display using rotating brushes
AU - Sato, Yoshimi
AU - Sato, Keiji
AU - Sato, Michi
AU - Fukushima, Shogo
AU - Okano, Yu
AU - Matsuo, Kanako
AU - Ooshima, Sayaka
AU - Kojima, Yuichiro
AU - Matsue, Rika
AU - Nakata, Satsuki
AU - Hashimot, Yuki
AU - Kajimoto, Hiroyuki
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We created a new entertainment called "Ants in the Pants". A user can see many ants moving around on a visual display. The user's hand is placed into a tactile display in the form of a glove that has a matrix of small motors with brushes inside it. When the user places their gloved hand on the visual display, the user can feel a sensation as if ants are crawling up their arm. We have tested the system with more than 500 participants. In response to a questionnaire, about 75% of users responded that the experience was "enjoyable" and 54% that it was "realistic". Moreover, our work was able to entertain most people regardless of their reaction to the experience. We believe our "Ants in the Pants" opened the door to a new type of "uncomfortable, creepy but enjoyable" entertainment.
AB - We created a new entertainment called "Ants in the Pants". A user can see many ants moving around on a visual display. The user's hand is placed into a tactile display in the form of a glove that has a matrix of small motors with brushes inside it. When the user places their gloved hand on the visual display, the user can feel a sensation as if ants are crawling up their arm. We have tested the system with more than 500 participants. In response to a questionnaire, about 75% of users responded that the experience was "enjoyable" and 54% that it was "realistic". Moreover, our work was able to entertain most people regardless of their reaction to the experience. We believe our "Ants in the Pants" opened the door to a new type of "uncomfortable, creepy but enjoyable" entertainment.
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U2 - 10.1109/SICE.2008.4654699
DO - 10.1109/SICE.2008.4654699
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:56749179996
SN - 9784907764296
T3 - Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference
SP - 461
EP - 466
BT - Proceedings of SICE Annual Conference 2008 - International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Information Technology
T2 - SICE Annual Conference 2008 - International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Information Technology
Y2 - 20 August 2008 through 22 August 2008
ER -