Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peer, Angelika (Editor), Giachritsis, Christos D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Robotics.; Automation.; Cognitive psychology.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Robotics and Automation.; Cognitive Psychology.

Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence presents advanced interdisciplinary approaches that connect psychophysical and behavioral haptics research with advances in haptic technology and haptic rendering.   It delivers a summary of the results achieved in the IMMERSENCE European project and include...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Psychophysical and Behavioral Basis
• Active Movement Reduces the Tactile Discrimination Performance
• Weight Perception with Real and Virtual Weights using Unimanual and Bimanual Precision Grip
• The Image of Touch: Construction of Meaning and Task Performance in Virtual Environments
• Psychological Experiments in Haptic Collaboration Research
• Human-Robot Adaptive Control of Object-oriented Action
• Cooperative Physical Human-Human and Human-Robot Interaction
• Part II: Technology and Rendering
• Data-Driven Visuo-Haptic Rendering of Deformable Bodies
• Haptic Rendering Methods for Multiple Contact Points
• Artificially Rendered Cutaneous Cues for a New Generation of Haptic Displays
• Social Haptic Interaction with Virtual Characters
• FMRI Compatible Sensing Glove for Hand Gesture Monitoring
• Improving Human-Computer Cooperation through Haptic Role Exchange and Negotiation
• Index.