Human Computer Interaction with Force-feedback

Haptic visualization refers to perception of information through the haptic sense. Haptic devices capable of teleoperation often use a force-feedback control scheme that plays an important role in human-computer interactions. The talk will describe several projects currently investigated at our HCI Laboratory using the PHANTOM device. These include haptic visualization, FFB enhanced manipulation and application in computational chemistry. Open problems will be mentioned like: haptic tracking, FFB stability, haptic hints and haptic textures.