Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback to dhh persons

An apparatus for providing haptic feedback in a virtual environment, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured:
• to generate a virtual instance;
• to generate an interaction within the virtual instance, the interaction including a first interaction parameter;
• to determine a spatial relation between a player avatar and the interaction;
• to analyze an environment of the virtual instance and determine at least one environmental parameter affecting the interaction;
• to apply the environmental parameter to the first interaction parameter and generate a second interaction parameter;
• to generate a total situational state including the virtual instance, the first interaction parameter, and the second interaction parameter;
• to classify and prioritize at least one parameter of the total situational state;
• to apply a user profile to the total situational state;
• to generate at least one actuator instruction and send the at least one actuator instruction to a wearable haptic rig;
• to apply the actuator instruction to at least one haptic motor of the wearable haptic rig;
• and
• to actuate the at least one haptic motor to provide a haptic feedback.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code executed by a processor and comprising:

• program code to generate a virtual instance;
• program code to generate an interaction within the virtual instance, the interaction including a first interaction parameter;
• program code to determine a spatial relation between a player avatar and the interaction;
• program code to analyze an environment of the virtual instance and determine at least one environmental parameter affecting the interaction;
• program code to apply the environmental parameter to the first interaction parameter and generate a second interaction parameter;
• program code to generate a total situational state including the virtual instance, the first interaction parameter, and the second interaction parameter;
• program code to classify and prioritize at least one parameter of the total situational state;
• program code to apply a user profile to the total situational state;
• program code to generate at least one actuator instruction and send the at least one actuator instruction to a wearable haptic rig;
• program code to apply the at least one actuator instruction to at least one haptic motor of the wearable haptic rig;
• and
• program code to actuate the at least one haptic motor to provide a haptic feedback.