Vibrotactile spatial acuity on the torso: Effects of location and timing parameters

Proceedings - 1st Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems; World Haptics Conference, WHC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 80-85

  Van Erp, Jan B F ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE CONTROL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

APPARENT MOTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DISPLAY DESIGNS; LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING CAPACITIES; SPATIO TEMPORAL; TIMING PARAMETERS; VIBRO-TACTILE PATTERNS;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 84934298988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WHC.2005.144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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