Haptic technology has been widely employed in applications ranging from teleoperation and
medical simulation to art and design, including entertainment, flight simulation, and virtual …

The Tactile Internet will enable users to physically explore remote environments and to
make their skills available across distances. An important technological aspect in this …

The term “haptics” refers to the science of sensing and manipulation through touch. Multiple
disciplines such as biomechanics, psychophysics, robotics, neuroscience, and software …

Chairs, wearables, and handhelds have become popular sites for spatial tactile display.
Visual animators, already expert in using time and space to portray motion, could readily …

We present ANISMA, a software and hardware toolkit to prototype on-skin haptic devices
that generate skin deformation stimuli like pressure, stretch, and motion using shape …

Vibrotactile (VT) display is becoming a standard component of informative user experience,
where notifications and feedback must convey information eyes-free. However, effective …

The use of haptics in virtual reality and video games has received growing attention as a
means of enhancing the sensation of immersion in these environments. The sensation of …

Viewer expectations for rich, immersive interaction with multimedia are driving new
technologies-such as high-definition 3D displays and multichannel audio systems-to greater …

This article presents a comprehensive exploration of the issues underlying haptic
multimedia broadcasting from the processes of contents creation through transmission and …

We introduce VIREO, a web-based software tool for graphical authoring of vibrotactile
feedback for mobile and wearable applications. VIREO enables flexible specification of …