A Multisensory Sauna Experience in VR

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Researchers in Yu Xiao’s group are using virtual reality and garments that can transfer heat to study how people experience touch, temperatures and textures in real and virtual sauna conditions. This requires combining garments that can transfer heat, studying how people experience touch, temperature and textures in VR, and comparing and testing actual and virtual sauna conditions with real people.
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This work is part of the European project EMIL: https://emil-xr.eu
 

Check out the research paper, Designing Beyond Hot and Cold – Exploring Full-Body Heat Experiences in Sauna: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3633364

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