Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group

University of British Columbia

Full citation: 
Swindells, C., Maksakov, E., MacLean, K. E., Chung, V. (2006). "The Role of Prototyping Tools for Haptic Behavior Design." in Proceedings of 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE-VR'06, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, March 2006.
Abstract: 
We describe key affordances required by tools for developing haptic behaviors. Haptic icon design involves the envisioning, expression and iterative modification of haptic behavior representations. These behaviors are then rendered on a haptic device. For example, a sinusoidal force vs. position representation rendered on a haptic knob would produce the feeling of detents. Our contribution is twofold. We introduce a custom haptic icon prototyper that includes novel interaction features, and we then use the lessons learnt from its development plus our experiences with a variety of haptic devices to present and argue high-level design choices for such prototyping tools in general.
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Year Published: 
2006