Hold and Feel! A Multiplayer Video Game System with Interpersonal Vibrotactile Feedback via Bracelet Controllers

Recent multiplayer video games (MPVGs) have increasingly incorporated social behaviors, such as gathering in the same place and facing each other, to enhance player interaction. This study aims to develop an MPVG system that facilitates social interaction through interpersonal touch between players. We present an MPVG system where two players wearing bracelet-type game controllers control a player character through touch to catch items and feel the position of the player character through vibrotactile sensations between their hands.