EquipmentTactaCages

These platforms are used to investigate the impact of multi-sensory feedback in terms of perceptual and cognitive responses of the human participant in virtual space. The TactaCage is a multi-sensory, immersive, virtual reality (VR) system for single-user and multi-user. The platform is built using a raised floor for providing vibration feedback along with other multi-sensory cues (vision, sound, touch, smell, taste). The participant is positioned in the middle of the cage wearing an HMD and holding a controller. The multi-sensory stimuli our system can produce is visual, audio, smell, and two types of tactile feedback (floor vibration and wind). The Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab NZ) has two systems situated adjacent to each other for multi-player or multi-user experiments and the support of multi-sensory, multi-person collaboration at a distance.