TY - GEN
T1 - Haptic applications meta-language
AU - El-Far, Fayez R.
AU - Eid, Mohamad
AU - Orozco, Mauricio
AU - El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A wide range of haptic devices exist that possess the potential to offer users a rich experience in a virtual reality environment. This however depends on the haptic device to be used. Surely, removing the burden of users having to 'adjust to' operating haptic devices is welcomed. In this paper, we propose the creation of the Haptic Applications Meta Language - hereon HAML - which is an XML-based language created to describe Haptic-enabled frameworks to a high degree of detail. The envisioned goal of HAML is to allow for the creation of plug-and-play environments in which a wide array of supported haptic devices can be used in a multitude of virtual environments, with the compatibility issues being handled by automated engines instead of programmatically by the user. Therefore, we introduce the HAML framework and discuss its tentative structure, proof-of-concept implementation, and avenues for future work.
AB - A wide range of haptic devices exist that possess the potential to offer users a rich experience in a virtual reality environment. This however depends on the haptic device to be used. Surely, removing the burden of users having to 'adjust to' operating haptic devices is welcomed. In this paper, we propose the creation of the Haptic Applications Meta Language - hereon HAML - which is an XML-based language created to describe Haptic-enabled frameworks to a high degree of detail. The envisioned goal of HAML is to allow for the creation of plug-and-play environments in which a wide array of supported haptic devices can be used in a multitude of virtual environments, with the compatibility issues being handled by automated engines instead of programmatically by the user. Therefore, we introduce the HAML framework and discuss its tentative structure, proof-of-concept implementation, and avenues for future work.
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U2 - 10.1109/DS-RT.2006.20
DO - 10.1109/DS-RT.2006.20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547433575
SN - 0769526977
SN - 9780769526973
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, DS-RT
SP - 261
EP - 264
BT - Proceedings - Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, DS-RT 2006
T2 - 10th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, DS-RT 2006
Y2 - 2 October 2006 through 4 October 2006
ER -