Haptic-Augmented Visual Feedback to Improve Depth Accuracy in Optical See-Through AR Interaction
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https://doi.org/10.71465/jgs53Keywords:
Optical see-through AR, haptic feedback, multimodal interaction, depth perception, usability, human-computer interactionAbstract
Visual cues alone may be insufficient for precise depth judgment in OST-AR. This study integrates vibrotactile feedback to reinforce spatial alignment cues. Twenty-six participants completed a fine alignment task under visual-only and visual-plus-haptic conditions. Mean alignment error decreased from 10.7 mm to 5.9 mm with multimodal feedback (44.9% improvement). Task time decreased by 18.3%, and NASA-TLX workload scores were reduced by 22.7%. Multimodal augmentation significantly enhances depth accuracy and interaction usability in OST-AR environments.
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