This book deals with the force/tactile feedback technology and its virtual reality applications.
I had the opportunity to review another book by Burdea and Coiffet in the area of virtual …

The sense of touch is one of the most powerful learning tools that humans have. Whenever
someone discovers something new, instinctively they want to hold it, poke at it, touch and …

Adding haptic feedback to virtual reality simulations and telepresence applications
increases immersion to human users. As for some applications the use of force-feedback …

In 1994, amongst a tide of popular books on virtual reality, Grigore Burdea and Philippe
Coiffet published a well researched review of the field. Their book,“Virtual Reality …

The importance of force and tactile display in virtual reality technology has been recognized
recently, and much research has been undertaken, including development of various force …

Virtual Reality is a powerful tool for training, simulation, and computer aided design. The
sensation of being in a real environment, while interacting with VR simulation is usually …

Since [years] we hear about Virtual Reality as a discipline that could potentially provide
benefits to many applications. Basically, the principle of Virtual Reality consists in stimulating …

Several systems have been proposed for incorporating haptic feedback into Human-
Computer Interactions. There are two types of haptic feedback. In one type, which we call" …

The explosion of software applications, digitally stored data and the subsequent growth in
on-line communities, has frequently been denied to visually impaired and blind computer …

A prototype of a joystick where the kinesthetic feedback is substituted by tactile feedback is
proposed. Tactile feedback is provided by a wearable device able to apply vertical stress to …