Stefan Breitschaft

PhD Topic:

Search Haptics in Seamless Tangible User Interfaces

Research Interests:

• Haptics (Technology & Experience)
• User Experience & User Interaction
• Interaction Design
• Aesthetics
• Multisensory Perception
• Application of psychological premises to the automotive industry

Education:

10/2017 – present          PhD. Psychology BMW Group & University of Bamberg, Germany

10/2015 – 09/2017       M.Sc. Psychology at the University of Bamberg, Germany

10/2012 – 09/2015                       B.Sc. Psychology at the University of Bamberg, Germany

Publications:

Breitschaft, S. J., Clarke, S., & Carbon, C.-C. (2019). A Theoretical Framework of Haptic Processing in Automotive User Interfaces and Its Implications on Design and Engineering. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1470). doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01470

Conference Contributions:

Breitschaft, S. J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2020). An Exploratory Evaluation of Participants’ Reactions to Electrostatic Friction Modulation in a UI-Research Context. Poster presented at EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands. doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14518.32327

Breitschaft, S. J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2020). Semantic Differentiation of Haptic Edges rendered on an Electrostatic Friction Modulation Display. Poster presented at EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34650.98245

Breitschaft, S. J., Heijboer, S., Shor, D., Carbon, C.-C., & Tempelman, E. (2020). Physical Fights Back: Perception Framework for Haptic Practitioners in User Interaction Design. Poster presented at EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands. doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32973.26086

Breitschaft, S. J., Pasthukov, A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2020). Examining Detectability of Virtual Haptic Items rendered on an Electrostatic Friction Display. Poster presented at EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands. doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35489.84320

Breitschaft, S. J., Clarke, S., & Carbon, C.-C. (2019). Using haptic shapes for orientation and identification in automotive user interfaces. In IEEE World Haptics Conference 2019. Tokyo: IEEE.

Heijboer, S., Breitschaft, S. J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2019). Characterization of Active Haptic Feedback for User Interface Design and Development. In IEEE World Haptics Conference 2019. Tokyo: IEEE.

Breitschaft, S. J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2016). Multisensory Adaptation: How Visual are Haptics? Perception, 45(2_suppl), 147. doi.org/10.1177/0301006616671273