Presentation of Centrifugal Force by Skin Stretch Stimulus Differences between Left and Right Buttocks in Sitting

Abstract

In general, a driving simulator requires a motion platform to represent the centrifugal force during curving by swaying and translation the whole body. This paper reports a new method of presenting centrifugal force by presenting virtual shear forces, which are induced illusionary by buttock skin stretch stimuli. This paper focuses on the stimulus differences on the left and right buttocks, considering the body movement caused by the centrifugal force. Psychophysical experiments showed that the skin stimuli in the asymmetric condition tend to deliver a stronger feeling than that in the symmetric condition.