Haptic
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Could this be the future of user interfaces? Hiroyuki Shinoda and his colleagues at Tokyo University are using Wii remotes (to track hand position) and ultrasonic waves to fake the feeling of pressure when “touching” a hologram. You can view a short video here.
By the way, are those projections really holograms? They don’t look like […]
String Walker
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Sarah won’t be going to Siggraph this year, so she won’t be able to tell us more about this String Walker project, which is supposed to let people “walk” in a virtual world while walking in the real world.
And while I applaud the researchers’ attempts at solving the problem of how to add a “walking” […]
Novint Falcon 3D mouse
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Although they’re advertising this for playing games, this 3D mouse with haptic feedback looks like an interesting interaction device for virtual worlds. I need to send this to John.
Via Engadget.
Tactile feedback for small screens
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Immersion has developed something they call VibeTonz, which adds haptic feedback to the small screens of cellphones. To quote from Mobiledia:
Built into a personal digital assistant or smart phone, a haptic (touch-responsive) screen doesn’t actually flex against a user’s finger, but a small electric motor behind it delivers a small tap. Combined with an audible […]
