Analysis of Haptic Feedback and its Influences in Virtual Reality Learning Environments

In this work we present our approach of measuring the influence, importance and immersion of haptic feedback in a virtual reality learning environment. Participants were given the goal to improve themselves to their best ability on a task involving virtual weights supported by real world objects in a mixed reality environment. Conducting pre- and post-surveys, assessing the immersion and putting the resulting data in comparison with the test group, which used a pure virtual reality environment. We found correlations bolstering our initial assumption of the importance of haptic feedback in understanding and usage of virtual reality learning environments for specific functions.