Real-time haptic display of fluids

  • Authors:
  • Mauricio Vines;Javier Mora;Won-Sook Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • C3S2E '09 Proceedings of the 2nd Canadian Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We present a novel interactive computer system based on integrating fluid simulation and haptic force feedback. Our system allows the user to interact with a fluid simulation in real time, producing flows and allowing the user to feel the fluid properties such as viscosity and velocity. Differently from solid or deformable objects found in most haptic applications, we interact with a pool of liquid where the shape cannot be defined using conventional polygons. We base our approach on the Navier-Stokes equation and a mass-spring system to represent the fluid surface. We solve the problems associated to real time rendering of haptic forces.