Tools and Data

  1. Github: An Open ultrasonic phased-array for applications in acoustic levitation, haptic feedback, directive audio and many more. Link to github

  2. Instructables: 9 Step guide to build your own SonicSurface. Link to Instructables

  3. MAMMOTH: Mid-Air Mesh-based Modulation Optimization Toolkit for Haptics. Link to github

  4. Haptic Magnetism: user study data the supports the concept. Link to OSF

  5. A User-Derived Mapping for Mid-Air Haptic Experiences - Dataset. Link to ERDA

  6. OpenMPD - a low-level presentation engine allowing structured exploitation of any combination of MPD content (i.e., visual, tactile, audio). Link to github

 

BOOKS and Special Issues

  1. Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces, Orestis Georgiou, William Frier, Euan Freeman, Claudio Pacchierotti, and Takayuki Hoshi, Springer-Nature, Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS), 2022

  2. Haptics in the Metaverse: Haptic feedback for Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and eXtended Realities, Claudio Pacchierotti, Francesco Chinello, Konstantinos Koumaditis, Massimiliano Di Luca, Eyal Ofek, and Orestis Georgiou, IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) (2024).

  3. Beyond audiovisual: novel multisensory stimulation techniques and their applications, Justina Swidrak, Grzegorz Pochwatko, Orestis Georgiou, Domna Banakou, Sofia Seinfeld, Marta Matamala-Gomez, Research Topic in Frontiers in Virtual Reality , (2024).

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

2021

  1. Generating Airborne Ultrasonic Amplitude Patterns Using an Open Hardware Phased Array, Morales, R., Ezcurdia, I., Irisarri, J., Andrade, M. A., & Marzo, A., MDPI, Applied Science, (2021)

  2. PhantomFields: fast time and spatial multiplexation of acoustic fields for generation of superresolution patterns, Elizondo Martínez, Sonia, Jaime Goñi, Mikel Galar Idoate, and Asier Marzo Pérez. online link, (2021).

2022

  1. Interplay of tactile and motor information in constructing spatial self-perception, Antonio Cataldo, Lucile Dupin, Harriet, Dempsey-Jones, Hiroaki Gomi, & Patrick Haggard., Current Biology, Cell Press, (2022).

  2. Whole-Hand Haptics for Mid-air Buttons, Martin Maunsbach, Kasper Hornbæk, and Hasti Seif, International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing, Eurohaptics, (2022).

  3. Sense of Agency Over Hands-free Gestural Control is Modulated by the Timing of Haptic Feedback, Calvin Deans-Browne, Antonio Cataldo, William Frier, Hannah Limerick, David Beattie, Patrick Haggard, International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing, Eurohaptics, (2022).

  4. Mid-air haptic biosignal transfer, Daria Hemmerling, Maciej Stroinski, Kamil Kwarciak, Maciej Szymkowski, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou and Mykola Maksymenko, International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing, Eurohaptics, demo paper, (2022).

  5. Mid-air haptic biosignal transfer, Daria Hemmerling, Maciej Stroinski, Kamil Kwarciak, Maciej Szymkowski, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou and Mykola Maksymenko, International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing, Eurohaptics, WIP paper, (2022).

  6. The Sense of Agency in Emerging Technologies for Human-Computer Integration: A Review, Patricia Cornelio, Patrick Haggard, Kasper Hornbaek, Orestis Georgiou, Joanna Bergström, Sriram Subramanian and Marianna Obrist, Front. Neurosci., (2022).

  7. A user-derived mapping for mid-air haptic experiences, Tor-Salve Dalsgaard, Joanna Bergström, Marianna Obrist, Kasper Hornbæk, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, (2022).

  8. Touchless touch with biosignal transfer for online communication, Daria Joanna Hemmerling, Maciej Stroinski, Kamil Kwarciak, Krzysztof Trusiak, Maciej Szymkowski, Weronika Celniak, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou, Mykola Maksymenko, ACM ICMI, download link, (2022).

  9. Comparison of Experiment and Simulation of Ultrasonic Mid-air Haptic Forces, Rafael Morales, Orestis Georgiou, Asier Marzo, William Frier, International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET). IEEE, (2022).

  10. On Quick Measurement of Airborne Ultrasound Pressure Fields, Zak Morgan, Youngjun Cho, Sriram Subramanian, International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET). IEEE, (2022).

  11. Touch the Story: An immersive mid-air haptic experience, Anna Sheremetieva, Ihor Romanv, Sam Frish, Mykola Maksymenko, Orestis Georgiou, International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET) demo paper, (2022).

  12. LeviPrint: Contactless Fabrication using Full Acoustic Trapping of Elongated Parts, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Rafael Morales, Marco AB Andrade, Asier Marzo, ACM SIGGRAPH, download link, (2022).

  13. A Multi-Object Grasp Technique for Placement of Objects in Virtual Reality, Unai J Fernández, Sonia Elizondo, Naroa Iriarte, Rafael Morales, Amalia Ortiz, Sebastian Marichal, Oscar Ardaiz, Asier Marzo, MDPI Applied Sciences, (2022).

  14. User Experience and Mid-Air Haptics: Applications, Methods, and Challenges, Orestis Georgiou, William Frier, and Oliver Schneider, Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces, Springer Nature, download link, (2022)

  15. Prototyping Airborne Ultrasonic Arrays, Asier Marzo, Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces, download link, Springer Nature (2022)

  16. Mid-Air Haptics: Future Challenges and Opportunities, Orestis Georgiou, William Frier, Euan Freeman, Claudio Pacchierotti, and Takayuki Hoshi, Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces, Springer Nature, download link, (2022)

  17. LevPet: A Magnetic Levitating Spherical Pet with Affective Reactions, Josune Sorbet, Sonia Elizondo, Naroa Iriarte, Amalia Ortiz, Asier Marzo, In 22nd International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, download link, (2022)

  18. UltraButton: A Minimalist Touchless Multimodal Haptic Button, Rafael Morales, Dario Pittera, Orestis Georgiou, Brian Kappus, William Frier, in IEEE Transactions on Haptics, download link, (2022)

  19. TipTrap: A Co-located Direct Manipulation Technique for Acoustically Levitated Content, Eimontas Jankauskis, Sonia Elizondo, Roberto Montano Murillo, Asier Marzo, Diego Martinez Plasencia, ACM UIST, download link, (2022)

  20. Complex selective manipulations of thermomagnetic programmable matter, Josu Irisarri, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Xabier Sandua, Itziar Galarreta-Rodriguez, Jose Ignacio Pérez-Landazabal, and Asier Marzo , Nature Scientific Reports, download link, (2022)

2023

  1. OpenMPD: A low-level presentation engine for Multimodal Particle-based Displays. Montano-Murillo, Roberto, Ryuji Hirayama, and Diego Martinez Plasencia, ACM Transactions on Graphics, SIGGRAPH, download link, (2023).

  2. MindTouch: Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Mid-Air Tactile Perception., Vasudevan, Madhan Kumar, Shu Zhong, Jan Kučera, Desiree Cho, and Marianna Obrist. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, download link, pp. 1-12. (2023).

  3. Responsible Innovation of Touchless Haptics: A Prospective Design Exploration in Social Interaction. Cornelio, Patricia, Stephen Hughes, Orestis Georgiou, William Frier, Martin Maunsbach, Madhan Kumar Vasudevan, and Marianna Obrist, In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, download link, pp. 1-16. (2023).

  4. Multi-point STM: Effects of Drawing Speed and Number of Focal Points on Users’ Responses using Ultrasonic Mid-Air Haptics, Shen, Zhouyang, Madhan Kumar Vasudevan, Jan Kučera, Marianna Obrist, and Diego Martinez Plasencia, In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, download link, pp. 1-11. (2023).

  5. FabTouch: A tool to enable communication and design of tactile and affective fabric experiences, Xue, Jing, Bruna Beatriz Petreca, Christopher Dawes, and Marianna Obrist, In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-16, download link. (2023).

  6. Feellustrator: A Design Tool for Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics, Seifi, Hasti, Sean Chew, Antony James Nascè, William Edward Lowther, William Frier, and Kasper Hornbæk, In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-16., download link, (2023).

  7. TOUCHLESS: Demonstrations of Contactless Haptics for Affective Touch, Sean Chew, Tor-Salve Dalsgaard, Martin Maunsbach, Hasti Seifi, Joanna Bergström, Kasper Hornbæk, Josu Irisarri, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Naroa Iriarte, Asier Marzo, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou, Anna Sheremetieva, Kamil Kwarciak, Maciej Stroinski, Daria Joanna Hemmerling, Mykola Maksymenko, Antonio Cataldo, Marianna Obrist, Patrick Haggard, and Sriram Subramanian, In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-5), download link, (2023).

  8. Contactless Electrostatic Piloerection for Haptic Sensations, Iriarte, Naroa, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Sonia Elizondo, Josu Irisarri, Daria Hemmerling, Amalia Ortiz, and Asier Marzo, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, download link, (2023).

  9. What's my future: a Multisensory and Multimodal Digital Human Agent Interactive Experience, Anna Sheremetieva, Ihor Romanovych, Sam Frish, Mykola Maksymenko, Orestis Georgiou, In Proceedings of the 2023 IMX Conference on Interactive Media Experiences, download link, (2023).

  10. Does it par-tickle?: Investigating the relationship between mid-air haptics and visual representations of surface textures, Katarzyna Wojna, Orestis Georgious, David Beattie, Michael Wright, Christof Lutteroth, In Proceedings of the IEEE ToH-World Haptics Conference (WHC), download link, (2023).

  11. An Exploration of Just Noticeable Differences in Mid-Air Haptics, Katarzyna Wojna, Orestis Georgiou, David Beattie, William Frier, Michael Wright, Christof Lutteroth, In Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), download link, (2023).

  12. I see where this is going”: a psychophysical study of directional mid-air haptics and apparent tactile motion, Pittera, Dario, Orestis Georgiou, and William Frier. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, download link, (2023).

  13. A Touch of the Future: The TOUCHLESS Hackathon 2022, Tor-Salve Dalsgaard, Arpit Bhatia, Martin Maunsbach, ACM ICGJ '23, download link, 2023

  14. Haptic Magnetism, Tor-Salve Dalsgaard, Kasper Hornbæk, and Joanna Bergstrom, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, download link, (2023).

  15. Interhemispheric communication during haptic self-perception, Gaiqing Kong, Antonio Cataldo, Miruna Nitu, Lucile Dupin, Hiroaki Gomi and Patrick Haggard, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, download link, (2023)

  16. Mediated social touching: haptic feedback affects social experience of touch initiators, Martin Maunsbach, Kasper Hornbæk, Hasti Seifi, In Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), download link, (2023).

  17. Mid-air Contactless Haptics to augment VR experiences, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Unai Fernandez, Xabier Olaz, and Asier Marzo. In The 28th International ACM Conference on 3D Web Technology, pp. 1-2. download link, (2023).

  18. Voluntary control of crying, Ota Keiji, Slanina-Davies Ashley, Christofilea Eleni, Seghezzi Silvia, Mateusz Kowalewski, Daria Hemmerling, and Haggard Patrick, Australian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, poster link, (2023).

  19. Quantifying spatial acuity of frequency resolved midair ultrasound vibrotactile stimuli, Antonio Cataldo, William Frier and Patrick Haggard, Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 21149, download link, (2023)

  20. Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Framework to Enhance the Sense of Agency Using Affective Computing Technologies, Ortiz, Amalia, and Sonia Elizondo. Applied Sciences 13.24: 13322, download link, (2023)

  21. Hand-as-a-prop: using the hand as a haptic proxy for manipulation in virtual reality, Marichal, Sebastian, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Rafael Morales, Amalia Ortiz, Asier Marzo, and Oscar Ardaiz, Virtual Reality 27.4: 2911-2925, download link (2023)

  22. Enhancing the quality of amplitude patterns using time-multiplexed virtual acoustic fields, Elizondo, Sonia, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Jaime Goñi, Mikel Galar, and Asier Marzo. Applied Physics Letters 123, no. 15, download link (2023).

  23. Comparing a Mid-air Two-Hand Pinching Point-and-Click Technique with Mouse, Keyboard and TouchFree, Lafuente, Melchor, Sonia Elizondo, Unai J. Fernández, and Asier Marzo. In XXIII International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, pp. 1-4. download link, (2023).

  24. It Sounds Cool: Exploring Sonification of Mid-Air Haptic Textures Exploration on Texture Judgments, Body Perception, and Motor Behaviour, Montano-Murillo, Roberto, Dario Pittera, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou, Marianna Obrist, and Patricia Cornelio. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, download link, (2023).

  25. Ezquerra-Romano, Ivan, Maansib Chowdhury, Caterina Maria Leone, Gian Domenico Iannetti, and Patrick Haggard. "A novel method to selectively elicit cold sensations without touch." Journal of Neuroscience Methods 385 : 109763, download link, (2023).

  26. Revisiting a classical theory of sensory specificity: assessing consistency and stability of thermosensitive spots, Ezquerra-Romano, Ivan, Michael F. Clements, Steven Di Costa, Gian Domenico Iannetti, and Patrick Haggard. Journal of Neurophysiology 130, no. 6: 1567-1577, download link, (2023).

2024

  1. Active self-touch restores bodily self-awareness following disruption by “rubber hand illusion”, Damiano Crivelli, Antonio Cataldo, Gabriella Bottini,  Hiroaki Gomi,  & Patrick Haggard, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, no. 2015: 20231753, download link, (2024).

  2. MAMMOTH: Mid-Air Mesh-based Modulation Optimization Toolkit for Haptics, Maunsbach, Martin, William Frier, and Kasper Hornbæk. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-7. download link, (2024).

  3. Controlled-STM: A Two-stage Model to Predict User’s Perceived Intensity for Multi-point Spatiotemporal Modulation in Ultrasonic Mid-air Haptics, Shen, Zhouyang, Zak Morgan, Madhan Kumar Vasudevan, Marianna Obrist, and Diego Martinez Plasencia. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-12. download link, (2024).

  4. FabSound: Audio-Tactile and Affective Fabric Experiences Through Mid-air Haptics, Xue, Jing, Roberto Montano Murillo, Christopher Dawes, William Frier, Patricia Cornelio, and Marianna Obrist. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-17. download link, (2024).

  5. Using Low-frequency Sound to Create Non-contact Sensations On and In the Body, Hassan, Waseem, Asier Marzo, and Kasper Hornbæk. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-22. download link, (2024).

  6. Knuckles notifications: mid-air haptic feedback on the dorsal hand for hands-on-the-wheel driving, Montano, Roberto, Rafael Morales, Dario Pittera, William Frier, Orestis Georgiou, and Patricia Cornelio. Frontiers in Computer Science 6: 1455201. download link, (2024).

  7. XR-HAP-Enabling Haptic Interaction in Extended Reality: Challenges, Directions, and Opportunities, Chinello, Francesco, Nikhil Deshpande, Claudio Pacchierotti, Orestis Georgiou, Guido Gioioso, and Konstantinos Koumaditis. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), pp. 672-677. IEEE, download link, (2024).

  8. Mid-air haptic congruence with virtual objects modulates the implicit sense of agency, Evangelou, George, Orestis Georgiou, and James Moore. In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, pp. 440-447. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, download link, (2024).

  9. Text‐to‐Haptics: Enhancing Multisensory Storytelling through Emotionally Congruent Midair Haptics, Stroinski, Maciej, Kamil Kwarciak, Mateusz Kowalewski, Daria Hemmerling, William Frier, and Orestis Georgiou. Advanced Intelligent Systems: 2400758, download link, (2024).

  10. PointerVol: A Laser Pointer for Swept Volumetric Displays., Fernández, Unai Javier, Iosune Sarasate, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Manuel Lopez-Amo, Ivan Fernández, and Asier Marzo. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 1-8. download link, (2024).

  11. Mental Workload of Guiding Devices: Directional Pulling Forces, Vibrotactile Stimuli and Audio Cues, Donkov, Stefan, Sonia Elizondo, Iñigo Ezcurdia, Iosune Sarasate, and Asier Marzo. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference on Human Computer Interaction, pp. 1-8, download link, (2024).

  12. Using the Visual Language of Comics to Alter Sensations in Augmented Reality, Bhatia, Arpit, Henning Pohl, Teresa Hirzle, Hasti Seifi, and Kasper Hornbæk, In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-17. download link, (2024).

  13. Audio-Tactile Integration: Concurrent Audio Feedback Can Shift Vibrotactile Frequency Perception, Hassan, Waseem, and Kasper Hornbæk. In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, pp. 74-89. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, download link, (2024).

  14. First Multimodal Banquet: Exploring Innovative Technology for Commensality and Human-Food Interaction (CoFI2024)., Niewiadomski, Radoslaw, Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Christopher Dawes, Marianna Obrist, and Maurizio Mancini. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, pp. 690-693. download link, (2024).

  15. How does red taste?: Exploring how colour-taste associations affect our experience of food In Real Life and Extended Reality, Shin, Haeji, Christopher Dawes, Jing Xue, and Marianna Obrist. In Companion Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, pp. 134-137. download link, (2024).

  16. ScentHaptics: Augmenting the Haptic Experiences of Digital Mid-Air Textiles with Scent., Dawes, Christopher, Jing Xue, Giada Brianza, Patricia Cornelio, Roberto Montano Murillo, Emanuela Maggioni, and Marianna Obrist. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, pp. 47-56, download link, (2024).

  17. Mid-Air Haptic Feedback Improves Implicit Agency and Trust in Gesture-Based Automotive Infotainment Systems: a Driving Simulator Study, Evangelou, George, Orestis Georgiou, Eddie Brown, Nick Hine, and James Moore, In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, pp. 116-124, download link, (2024).

2025

  1. Sense of agency in gesture-based interactions is modulated by sensory modality but not feedback meaning, George Evangelou, Orestis Georgiou, Eddie Brown, James W Moore, in Frontiers in Computer Science, download link, (2025).

  2. A Unified Model for Haptic Experience, Tor-Salve Dalsgaard and Oliver Schneider, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, download link, (2025).