Understanding Hydraulics Using Haptics
Michele Adams, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Haptics: Working with the sence of touch.

Haptic devices allow the user to interface with a virtual environments like they were really there. You can feel the virtual items. Devices include pens, gloves, etc…

Applications:

• Medical
  • remote surgery
  • virtual simulation training
  • telemonitoring
• Entertainment
  • online gaming
• Hazardous environments
  • remote vehicles
  • land clearing?
• Academic Research
• Education Potential

HaptEK16 – a series of activities that they developed using stylus feedback devices. The device used is called the Phantom Omni(tm). 6 degrees of freedom. About the size of a sheet of paper. Max force =3.3N.

Software was written in wxPython.

Web 3D Consortium.

“Remember how successful augmenting the audio and visual senses was 50 years ago?”, refering to TV and radio.