Spatiotemporal Thermal Control Effects on Thermal Grill Illusion.

Sensors (Basel)

Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.

Published: December 2022

The thermal grill illusion induces a pain sensation under a spatial display of warmth and coolness of approximately 40 °C; and 20 °C. To realize virtual pain display more universally during the virtual reality experience, we proposed a spatiotemporal control method to realize a variable thermal grill illusion and evaluated the effect of the method. First, we examined whether there was a change in the period until pain occurred due to the spatial temperature distribution of pre-warming and pre-cooling and verified whether the period until pain occurred became shorter as the temperature difference between pre-warming and pre-cooling increased. Next, we examined the effect of the number of grids on the illusion and verified the following facts. In terms of the pain area, the larger the thermal area, the larger the pain area. In terms of the magnitude of the pain, the larger the thermal area, the greater the magnitude of the sensation of pain.

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