Combining 3-D geovisualization with force feedback driven user interaction
Proceedings of the 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL international conference on Advances in geographic information systems
Function-based haptic collaboration in X3D
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on 3D Web Technology
A framework for visual and haptic collaboration in shared virtual spaces
ISVC'10 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Advances in visual computing - Volume Part III
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The ever increasing size and complexity of volumetric data in a wide range of disciplines makes it useful to augment volume visualization tools with alternative modalities. Studies have shown that introducing haptics can significantly increase both exploration speed and precision. It is also capable of conveying material properties of data and thus has great potential to improve user performance in volume data exploration. In this paper we describe how recent advances in volume haptics can be used to build haptic modes—building blocks for haptic schemes. These modes have been used as base components of a toolkit allowing for more efficient development of haptic prototypes and applications. This toolkit allows interactive construction, configuration and fine-tuning of both visual and haptic representations of the data. The technology is also used in a pilot study to determine the most important issues and aspects in haptic volume data interaction and exploration, and how the use of haptic modes can facilitate the implementation of effective haptic schemes.