The goal of this research was to create a wearable tactile array that is capable of exploiting the
funneling illusion in two dimensions. The design process is explored in detail, including the
formulation of the design requirements, the materials that were trialed, the electronics design
iterations, and the development of a software development kit (SDK) which includes a novel
algorithm for rendering both the static funneling illusion and dynamic funneling illusion. The
ability of the algorithm to render overlapping circle and square stimuli at discriminable levels is
experimentally tested demonstrating its efficacy in this task.
