Unit-2 Computers in HCI
Unit-2 Computers in HCI
Different from desktop haptic devices that simulate indirect contacts between hands
and objects (i.e., tool-mediated interaction), surface haptics aim to simulate direct
contacts between bare fingers and objects, for example, users can touch and feel the
contour or the roughness of an image displayed on the screen of a mobile phone.
Haptic Interface- Surface haptics
Typical applications
Tactile devices have been used for assisting visually impaired people to read texts or
images on the webpage, for enhancing the efficiency of menu or button manipulation
on mobile touchscreens, for developing mobile computer games with diversified
tactile sensations.
For automobile industry, tactile feedback will be beneficial for eye-free interaction
with the touchscreen for enhancing the safety during driving.
Haptic Interface- Wearable haptics
Data glove: CyberGrasp
• multi-DoF
• distributed force and tactile feedback
• allow users to touch and manipulate
• kinesthetic/force feedback devices,
• tactile feedback devices,
• and integrated feedback devices