Haptics is an emerging technology that permits direct “hands‐on” interaction with a virtual
environment. A haptic device uses mechanical actuators to physically push a user's finger or …

Haptics is concerned with information acquisition and object manipulation through touch.
Haptics is used as an umbrella term covering all aspects of manual exploration and …

Haptics is an emerging technology that allows touch‐enabled interaction with virtual objects.
Analogous to the use of computer graphics for rendering of a three‐dimensional (3D) scene …

The interfacing of force-feedback devices to computers adds touchability in computer
interactions, called computer haptics. Computer haptics has two components (1) collision …

A new field of robotics is emerging. Robots are today moving towards applications beyond
the structured environment of a manufacturing plant. They are making their way into the …

A haptic interface is a motorized and instrumented device that allows a human user to touch
and manipulate objects within a virtual environment. As shown in Figure 23.1, the haptic …

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 …

Haptic displays are emerging as effective interaction aids for improving the realism of virtual
worlds. Being able to touch, feel, and manipulate objects in virtual environments has a large …

Abstract 3D interaction with a computer is hard. As human interaction in the real world is
quite dependent on haptics, we believe that adding haptics will alleviate many of the …

computer control of the forces exerted on users through haptic interfaces adds physically
tangible sensations to 3d imagery. much as a graphic display lets you see computer …