Interactions with virtual worlds using the sense of touch, called haptic rendering, have natural applications in many domains such as health or industry. For an accurate and realis...
This paper describes experiments relating to the perception of the roughness of simulated surfaces via the haptic and visual senses. Subjects used a magnitude estimation technique...
The efficient management of complex objects has become an enabling technology for modern multimedia information systems as well as for many novel database applications. Unfortunat...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Kunath, Martin Pfeifle, ...
The authors describe a new approach towards assessing skills of medical trainees. Based on experiences from previous projects with (i) applying virtual environments for medical tra...
Dietrich Albert, Cord Hockemeyer, Zsuzsanna Kulcs&...
The majority of today’s haptic interfaces are designed for hand-based interaction with virtual environments. However, there are several reallife tasks that require a person to i...
Rares F. Boian, Judith E. Deutsch, Chan Su Lee, Gr...