Project Number
- 215
Title
- Haptic Screen
Description
- Deformable force-feedback display device for virtual objects.
Contact
- Hiroo Hiwata
Affiliation
- University of Tsukuba
Address
- Institute of Engineering Mechanics
- Tsukuba, 305 Japan
- iwata@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp
WWW
- http://intron.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp
Year
- 1998
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 98 Conference Abstracts and Applications
Project Details
- "Haptic Screen is a new force-feedback device that deforms itself to present shapes of virtual objects."
- "Typical force-feedback devices use a grip or thimble, but users of Haptic Screen can touch the virtual object without wearing anything."
- Haptic Screen employs a 6 x 6 array of actuators that are covered by elastic rubber. The combination of parts allow a deformable surface to be felt by the user including a hardness response based upon forces applied by the user.
- An image of the virtual object is projected onto the elastic surface so that the user can directly touch the image and feel its rigidity.
Sight
- graphics workstation, deformable surface, projector
Sound
Touch
- Haptic Screen
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 205 - tangible / gesture interface
Secondary
- 103 - sense cue (vis,aud,tac/ff/mo,olf,tast)
Remarks
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