… the endorphin system without the need for physical touch in … functionally as a form of ‘virtual
touch’. I summarise recent behavioral… We still use this same touch-based system in our more …

From the Book: Preface The haptic interface is becoming an increasingly important component
of immersive systems. Haptics refers to the modality of touch and the sensation of shape …

… used to control robotic arms [36]; they can also stimulate our proprioceptive system. … of touch
in virtual reality. We believe that the role of virtual touch to favor affiliative behavior in virtual …

… To satisfy these requirements a general approach to integrate haptic displays into our VR
system ‘Virtual Design’ will be described in the following sections. To date we are working on …

… A prototype 3D interactive system which can concurrently sense 3D virtual touches with 3-axis
information (x, y, and z) and multi-user identification was built, as shown in Fig. 12, with a 4…

… virtual environments involving haptic interfaces, we can render visual and haptic images
in real time and integrate multiple sensory modalities into a low-cost virtual reality system for …

… virtual touch in enriching mediated social encounters, by studying whether the Midas Touch
… If it does occur, this would then constitute evidence that a virtual social touch is processed in …

… However, interfaces for system control in virtual environments have not been studied in more
deeph [4]. Since interface controls are an important part of conventional desktop interfaces, …

… concept called virtual light touch contact (… system essentially creates a virtual partition
around the user and enables estimation of the virtual force caused when the partition is touched. …

… simulation systems allowing the interactive operation have been proposed, such as a visual
and haptic simulation system of bone and mandibular surgery;1 a virtual training system on …