The joy of haptics

Kevin Hartman

CS 376

Haptic Uses

• Control– Discrete– Continuous

• Information– State– Feedback

• Communication– Sticky channels– Annotations

Phantom

Issues with haptics

• How do you communicate the mapping between device and information?– Force– Texture– Speed– Interchangable parts

• What are the metaphors?– Wheeling– Breaking– Stickiness– Analog behavior

Haptic hand

How to resolve the issues

• Keep the task/input simple• Make the function/interpretation clear• Anchor information in traditional activities and

behaviors