Haptic Rendering: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications [Kõva köide]

This introduction to interfaces between humans and computers that exploit the human sense of touch emphasizes algorithmic perspectives that are important to researchers and developers, and discusses fundamental concepts in the psychophysics of touch, and issues in device and interface design. It also surveys current rendering algorithms and novel applications. Lin is the Beverly W. Long Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Otaduyan is an assistant professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC Madrid), where he works at the Modeling and Virtual Reality Group (GMRV), in the Department of Computer Science. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

For a long time, human beings have dreamed of a virtual world where it is possible to interact with synthetic entities as if they were real. It has been shown that the ability to touch virtual objects increases the sense of presence in virtual environments. This book provides an authoritative overview of state-of-theart haptic rendering algorithms and their applications. The authors examine various approaches and techniques for designing touch-enabled interfaces for a number of applications, including medical training, model design, and maintainability analysis for virtual prototyping, scientific visualization, and creative processes.