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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Haptic human-computer interaction

Haptic human-computer interaction

Abstract

In this seminar I will talk about the use of haptics and the sense of touch in user interfaces. Until recently touch has been little used in interaction, even though it is a powerful sense in our everyday lives. Technology is now available to allow touch to be used, but what should it be used for?

I will define some of the terms used in the area of haptics research and then describe the devices currently available. I will then give some examples of the research we have been doing in this area. I will focus on visualisation for blind people, haptic medical training and haptic desktop widgets.

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