The virtual touch: Haptic interfaces in virtual environments

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Dionisio, Jose ^a   Henrich, Volker ^a   Jakob, Udo ^a   Rettig, Alexander ^a   Ziegler, Rolf ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEEDBACK; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

VIRTUAL REALITY ARTHROSCOPY TRAINING SIMULATOR (VRATS); VIRTUAL TOUCH;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0031175439     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0097-8493(97)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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