‘HAPTIC’ HAPTIC :having to do with sense of touch. HAPTIC :also known as force-feedback

technology Why use touch? 1. natural 2. Fast3. Good for building up mental picture of 3D

objects.4. Exploration.

GROUPS OF RECEPTORS

Sense of touch has 2 groups of receptors

Kinesthetic Tactile

Location of Receptors

Kinesthetic – tendons, muscles and articular joints

Tactile- dermis & epidermis

Architecture for Haptic feedback

Haptic Devices

Medical training applications

Prostate Cancer Improves

Brachytheraphy by increasing seed distribution accuracy.

Stroke Patients

Patients interact with virtual worlds by feel.

Minimally Invasive surgery Measures forces

and torques. Determines Dof

forces.

Immersion: Mobiles –more

useful. Games –more

electrifying. Automobile

controls-more intuitive.

Medical training simulators-more effective.

Torch for BLIND

Virtual Brailee Display: (vdb)

CONCLUSION:

Future for online computing & E-commerce.

Part of a Person’s normal computer interaction.