Design and implementation of haptic virtual environments for the training of the visually impaired

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-278

  Tzovaras, Dimitrios ^a   Nikolakis, Georgios ^a   Fergadis, Georgios ^a   Malasiotis, Stratos ^a   Stavrakis, Modestos ^a  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Haptics; Training; Virtual environments; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAPTIC INTERFACES;

COLLISION DETECTION ALGORITHM; HAPTIC DEVICES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSORY AIDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEACHING; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 2942645016     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.828756     Document Type: Article

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