YouTube Haptic Authoring

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Tool Summary

General Purpose Information
Year of First Releaseⓘ 2010
Platformⓘ Java
Availabilityⓘ Unavailable
Licenseⓘ Unknown
Venueⓘ ACM MM
Intended Use Caseⓘ Haptic Augmentation
Hardware Control Information
Haptic Categoryⓘ Vibrotactile
Hardware Abstractionⓘ Bespoke
Device Namesⓘ Custom Jacket, Custom Arm Band
Body Positionⓘ Torso, Arm
Interaction and Interface Information
Driving Featureⓘ Time
Effect Localizationⓘ Location-aware
Media Supportⓘ Visual, Audio
Iterative Playbackⓘ Yes
Design Approachesⓘ DPC
Interaction Metaphorsⓘ Track
Storageⓘ Custom XML
Connectivityⓘ None

Additional Information

This authoring tool allows for users to annotate YouTube videos with time-synchronized vibrotactile content. The resulting augmented file can be played using a custom browser, written in Java, that supports the specified haptic devices. In the editing environment, the timing and actuation of a vibrotactile array can be set with the source YouTube video visible as a reference.

For more information, read the 20 ACM Multimedia Conference paper.