Title :
Cyberwalk: An advanced prototype of a belt array platform
Author :
Schwaiger, Martin ; Thummel, T. ; Ulbrich, Heinz
Author_Institution :
TU Munich, Garching
Abstract :
The quest for an ideal floor which compensates the motions of a person walking in the virtual environment exists since the first human entered the virtual space. In this paper, an advanced model of a belt array platform, the Cyberwalk, is introduced. The prototype platform shows the increased performance of the system: High speed motion in both directions, almost unlimited upscalability of the system, synchronous speed of the belts, high stiffness and high load on the whole surface.
Keywords :
belts; motion compensation; virtual reality; Cyberwalk prototype; belt array platform; ideal floor quest; motion compensation; virtual environment; virtual space; Actuators; Belts; Conferences; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Legged locomotion; Prototypes; Space technology; Virtual environment; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, 2007. HAVE 2007. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1571-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1571-7
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2007.4371586
