Feel the "fabric": an audio-haptic interface
Proceedings of the 2003 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
A Haptically Enhanced Broadcasting System
WHC '05 Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
Discrimination of Real and Virtual High-Definition Textured Surfaces
VR '06 Proceedings of the IEEE conference on Virtual Reality
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology
A guided tour in haptic audio visual environments and applications
International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication
The Weber quantizer: perceptual coding for networked telepresence and teleaction
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Robot communication and coordination
Discrimination of Virtual Square Gratings by Dynamic Touch on Friction Based Tactile Displays
HAPTICS '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems
Fingerpad Skin Stretch Increases the Perception of Virtual Friction
IEEE Transactions on Haptics
Evaluating virtual weights for haptically enabled online shopping
Proceedings of the 17th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
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The sense of touch is important in our everyday lives and its absence makes it difficult to explore and manipulate everyday objects. Existing online shopping practice lacks the opportunity for physical evaluation, that people often use and value when making product buying decisions. The work described here investigates differential thresholds for simulated frictional surfaces, an important haptic feature for product comparison. One aim is to gain insight into the design space for multiple comparisons of virtual surfaces as will be needed to support online shopping. A user study has been conducted to explore differential thresholds in stick-slip frictional force. The study demonstrates that, on average, a dynamic friction threshold of 14.1% is needed to differentiate between two frictional surfaces. Moreover, it has shown, for a Phantom Omni, that the maximum number of unique comparable dynamic coefficient of friction combinations available is twenty eight, at any given level of static coefficient of friction. The results are a step towards defining surface differential thresholds for online shopping and other haptic-based applications that require multiple surface comparisons.