Tactile display of virtual reality from the World Wide Web - A potential access method for blind people

Displays

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-161

  Hardwick, A ^a   Furner, S ^a   Rush, J ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access technology; Haptic display; Human computer interaction; Internet; Tactile display; Visual disability; WWW

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ONLINE SEARCHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

HAPTIC DISPLAYS; INTERNET; TACTILE DISPLAYS; WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0032070693     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0141-9382(98)00016-x     Document Type: Article

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