Linking Haptic Parameters to the Emotional Space for Mediated Social Touch
Carine Rognon, Benjamin Stephens-Fripp, Jess Hartcher-O’Brien, Bob Rost, Ali Israr
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Ali Israr
Research Scientist
I am a Research Scientist with Meta Reality Labs, investigating haptic sciences and technologies for AR/VR use cases. Previously I was leading haptic efforts in Meta’s Building 8 and Disney Research Pittsburgh. I have received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.
Interests
Haptic displays and systems, social touch, and multimodal user interactions
Latest Publications
Frontiers in Computer Science Journal - 2022
An Online Survey on the Perception of Mediated Social Touch Interaction and Device Design
Carine Rognon, Taylor Bunge, Meiyuzi Gao, Chip Conor, Benjamin Stephens-Fripp, Casey Brown, Ali Israr
Data-driven sparse skin stimulation can convey social touch information to humans
Mike Salvato, Sophia R. Williams, Cara M. Nunez, Xin Zhu, Ali Israr, Frances Lau, Keith Klumb, Freddy Abnousi, Allison M. Okamura, Heather Culbertson
Learning Vibes: Communication Bandwidth of a Single Wrist-Worn Vibrotactile Actuator
Elyse D. Z. Chase, Ali Israr, Pornthep Preechayasomboon, Sarah Sykes, Aakar Gupta, Jessica Hartcher-O’Brien
A Multichannel Pneumatic Analog Control System for Haptic Displays
Benjamin Stephens-Fripp, Ali Israr, Carine Rognon
A Flexible Spiraling-Metasurface as a Versatile Haptic Interface
Osama R. Bilal, Vincenzo Costanza, Ali Israr, Antonio Palermo, Paolo Celli, Frances Lau, Chiara Daraio