Abstract
The science of haptics has received enormous attention in the last decade. Activities in different disciplines such as robotics, computer graphics, and psychophysics have been the foundation of haptic science. Nowadays, haptic research comprises four interdisciplinary research branches: human haptics, machine haptics, computer haptics, and the newly introduced multimedia haptics. This paper traces the evolution of haptics technology from the introductory concepts and haptic system architecture, to current technology in the four haptics research branches and applications. Finally, we summarise our findings and present a vision for overcoming challenges and our direction for future research in this area.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 265-297 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Haptic applications
- Haptic challenges
- Haptic interfaces
- Haptic perception
- Haptic rendering
- Haptics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Communication