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For more information, read:
7 Things You Should Know about Haptics
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7029.pdf
Touching Your Own Future: Haptic Tools by Laurie Rowell in InformIT.
http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=363893
Introduction to Haptics: Powerpoint Slide show:
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jcorso/r/deformat/sstalk/html/slide_1.html
How to Get
The variety of types of haptic devices must be gathered from various suppliers, depending on the discipline.
How-To
To learn more about applications of haptic technologies, consult Haptic technologies for the conceptual and validation phases of product design. Monica Bordegoni Giorgio Colombo and Luca Formentini
Examples
Kinesethics:
Artificial Arm Motion:YouTube Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Y06AjH4Oo
Cyber Glove and Grasp: YouTube Demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYB_EJPMRHw&feature=related
Medicine:
Surgical Training Produces Sense of Touch: YouTube Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Y06AjH4Oo
A Haptic Enabled TookKit for Illustration of Procedures in Surgery
By Minho KIM, Tianyun NI, Juan CENDAN, Sergei KURENOV, and Jörg PETERS
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~tni/papers/edit.pdf
Games
Dualshock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualshock
Novint Falcon, YouTube Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjAxGVH1JOM
Robots:
Shadow Dextrous Robot Hand: http://www.shadowrobot.com/hand/
Grasp It : http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~cmatei/graspit/
Space Navigator Mouse:
How to Use Space Navigator in Google Earth: YouTube Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6e4PgndIo&feature=related
3Dconnexion 3D mice in Second Life, YouTube Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dtudw3qp7I&feature=related
Benefits:
Teaching with tactile and kinesthetic functions can aid visual and aural learners as well as handicapped or disabled learners.
Drawbacks:
Highly complex software. Special hardware is needed to interface between people and a computer.
At Brandeis
Haptic contributions are being studied at Brandeis in the Psychology department. First, there is being established an understanding about real touch and it’s functions before fully translating that to virtual touch and it’s tools.
In Psychology-
Professors James Lackner, Joel Ventura, and Paul Dizio have published several papers that research haptic phenomena.
“Influences of Arm Proprioception and Degrees of Freedom on Postural
Control With Light Touch Feedback,” by Ely Rabin, Paul DiZio, Joel Ventura, and James R. Lackner. J Neurophysiol (2008) 99:595-604.
http://jn.physiology.org.resources.library.brandeis.edu/cgi/content/abstract/99/2/595
“Time course of haptic stabilization of posture,” by Ely Rabin, Paul DiZio, James R. Lackner. Exp Brain Res (2006) 170: 122-126.
http://www.springerlink.com.resources.library.brandeis.edu/content/g58564165v323u70/
“Vestibular, Proprioceptive, and Haptic contributions to Spatial Orientation,”
By James R. Lackner and Paul DiZio
Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2005. 56:115-47.
“Stabilization of posture by precision touch of the index finger with rigid and flexible filaments,” by James R. Lackner, Ely Rabin, Paul DiZio,
Exp Brain Res (2001) 139:454-464.
Overview
“Haptics, the science of virtual touch, is the latest frontier in VR interface development. Modeling tactile features such as shape, texture, and density, haptics offers extensive applications for training simulators, entertainment and gaming, museum displays, and assistive technologies for the disabled” according to Margaret L. McLaughlin, Joao P. Hespanha, Gaurav S. Sukhatme in their book, Touch in Virtual Environments: Haptics and the Design of Interactive Systems.
Haptic tools provide feedback about the physical properties and feedback of virtual objects. Haptics involves both touch (tactile) and motion (kinesthetic) elements.
Some haptics involve the sense or feeling of weight, momentum, texture or resistence. Haptics can train students in use of specific tools or to train in specific techniques. This is especially useful in simulation work.
Haptics use special hardware to provide sensory feedback that simulates physical properties and forces. Haptics could open the interface bottleneck between computers and users. Haptics can open the door to a new way of learning.
Contributors: Judy Pinnolis
Last Updated: 01/15/09
