BoEs: Attachable haptics bits on gaming controller for designing interactive gameplay

Gaming controller is a general way for playing in the immersive virtual reality (VR) game. With haptics technology and head-mounted display (HMD), user can have an enhanced immersive experience when they manipulate in the virtual environment. Currently, the VR controller only provide vibration feedback when player interact with the virtual object. For enhancing the touch experience, adding multiple tactile sensations is one of the quick and useful methods for designing interactive gameplay with haptics. Additionally, the designer need a rapidly prototyped and demonstration to validate their gameplay, which also is a key for designing haptic experience. In this paper, we present Bits of Elements (BoEs), an attachable module system on gaming controller, which allow the game designer to rapidly prototype their VR controller with tactile sensations, such as wind, wet, heat and motion feedback. Therefore, the game designer can explore the interactive gameplay with haptics in VR by replacement and combination of several modules.