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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies
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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies

by Philippe Fuchs, Guillaume Moreau, Pascal Guitton
July 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
16h 6m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 16
Models for haptic rendering
Philippe Meseure and Abderrahmane Kheddar
The use of haptic interfaces makes it possible to enhance the interaction between the
user and a virtual environment, by developing it on the sense of touch. Such interfaces
can be seen not only in professional applications, but also in consumer applications.
However, controlling these devices from a virtual environment still remains an open
problem. In fact, haptic interfaces do not necessarily come with a programming library
that helps controlling these interfaces in a simple manner. Some libraries available (for
example GHOST by Sensable
1
) are specific to the devices ...
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