Tactile sensitivity alters textile touch perception.

ABSTRACT: Tactility plays a crucial role in our interactions with the physical world including our ability to differentiate textile textures and their associated comfort. There is an increasing focus on digitally interactive haptic experiences enabling consumers to feel virtual objects realistically. This could revolutionize how we experience textiles in e-commerce platform, virtual and augmented reality, and shape the future of textiles in the metaverse. In this study, we examined the impact of tactile sensitivity on touch perception of a large nonhomogeneous sample of 22 textile swatches. The tactile sensitivity was studied using four factors: assessors' "subject-matter expertise", "frequency of performing handiwork", "frequency of working with textiles", and "familiarity of textile textures". The

SUBMITTER: Mehta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410198 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature