"Design of the ImmersiveTouch™: a High-Performance Haptic Augmented Virtual Reality System"

Created on July 22, 2005

2005   ·   paper   ·   papers

Design of the ImmersiveTouch™: a High-Performance Haptic Augmented Virtual Reality System

Luciano, C., Banerjee, P., Florea, L., Dawe, G.

image ImmersiveTouch Prototype Credit: C. Luciano

ImmersiveTouch™ is the next generation of augmented virtual reality technology, being the first system that integrates a haptic device, with a head and hand tracking system, and a high-resolution and high-pixel-density stereoscopic display. Its ergonomic design provides a comfortable working volume in the space of a standard desktop. The haptic device is collocated with the 3D graphics, giving the user a more realistic and natural means to manipulate and modify 3D data in real time. The high-performance, multi-sensorial computer interface allows easy development of medical, dental, engineering or scientific virtual reality simulation and training applications that appeal to many stimuli: audio, visual, tactile and kinesthetic.