
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
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) are specific to the devices ...