37. So Real I Can Almost Touch It: The Use of Touch as an I/O Device for Graphics and Visualization Full Day / Intermediate The sense of touch is under-exploited as an input/output device for computer graphics and scientific visualization. This course explores various tactile technologies and how to adapt them for use in human-computer interaction. Who Should Attend Graphics users who are working to enhance the human-computer interface by any means possible. The course is designed for the intermediate attendee, someone who has moderate 3D graphics programming experience and is now hoping to enhance that experience with knowledge of haptic input devices. Organizer Mike Bailey University of California at San Diego Lecturers David Johnson TiNi Alloy Company Thomas Massie SensAble Devices, Inc. Russell Taylor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mark Yim Stanford University Schedule 8:30 am: Welcome, Goals of this Course - Bailey 8:40 am: The Haptic Device Spectrum - Yim 9:20 am: Virtual Touch Through Point Interaction I - Massie 10:00 am: Break 10:15 am: Virtual Touch Through Point Interaction II - Massie 10:45 am: Tactile Feedback - Johnson 12 noon: Break 1:30 pm: Programming Force Feedback Devices - Taylor 2:15 pm: Applications for Kinesthetic Vibro-tactile Feedback - Yim 3:00 pm: Break 3:15 pm: Solid Rapid Prototyping - Bailey 4:15 pm: General discussion, See the samples and demos - come on down! - Bailey

---

			Courses | This Web Site

Final SIGGRAPH 96 Web site update: 25 October 1996.
For complete information on the next conference and exhibition, see: http/www.siggraph.org/s97/