The Nanomanipulator: A virtual-reality interface for a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 1993

Volumn , Issue , 1993, Pages 127-134

  Taylor, Russell M ^a   Robinett, Warren ^a   Chi, Vernon L ^a   Brooks, Frederick P ^a   Wright, William V ^a   Williams, R Stanley ^b   Snyder, Erik J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Aono Atomcraft Project ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Force; Haptic; Interactive graphics; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; Scientific visualization; Teleoperation; Telepresence; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MICROMANIPULATORS; MICROSCOPES; REMOTE CONTROL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

FORCE; HAPTIC; INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS; TELEPRESENCE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79961148807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/166117.166133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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