Haptics Technologies Bringing Touch to Multimedia /

• Main Authors: El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb (Author), Orozco, Mauricio (Author), Eid, Mohamad (Author), Cha, Jongeun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Multimedia information systems.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Application software.; Robotics.; Automation.; Computer Science.; Multimedia Information Systems.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Robotics and Automation.; Computer Applications.

The term “haptics” refers to the science of sensing and manipulation through touch. Multiple disciplines such as biomechanics, psychophysics, robotics, neuroscience, and software engineering converge to support haptics, and generally, haptic research is done by three communities: the robotics commun...

Table of Contents:

• Haptics: General Principles
• Haptics: Haptics Applications
• Human Haptic Perception
• Machine Haptics
• Computer Haptics
• Multimedia Haptics
• Touching the Future: HAVE Challenges and Trends.