winDirect: Studying the Effect of a Wind-Based Haptic Bracelet on Presence and the Detectability of Hand Redirection

We developed a wind-based wearable haptic feedback device called winDirect to investigate if multimodal stimuli can be used to disguise hand redirection (HR) by increasing corresponding perceptual detection thresholds (DTs) in users. Our investigation was motivated by the findings of two previous works, which showed multi-modal stimuli to increase presence, and indicated an increased feeling of embodiment to increase the DTs of HR. In contrast to our expectations, we found that the integration of multimodal stimuli did not guarantee increased HR DTs, even when increasing presence - highlighting the need to study correlations between presence and HR more deeply.