Research question
How can a simulated fire drive physically meaningful thermal cues?
Approach
Fire Dynamics Simulator provides a physical description of a fire environment. This work links simulation data with thermal haptic feedback in virtual reality.
The central implementation problem is how to translate a spatially varying simulated environment into feedback available at a physical interface.
My contribution
Built the Fire Dynamics Simulator–Unity pipeline to translate fire conditions into spatially varying thermal feedback, alongside thermal-device prototyping.
Connection to my broader work
Physically grounded simulation was a starting point for asking how much physical detail a convincing experience actually needs.