What is haptics?
Haptics: Sense and/or motor activity based in the
skin, muscles, joints and tendons
What are the two aspects of haptics?
Cutaneous/(touch): Sense based on receptors in the skin
Kinaesthesia: Sense and motor activity based in the
muscles, joints and tendons
Give examples of Cutaneous haptics
vibrations
Temperature
pain
Lateral skin stretch
what does Cutaneous mean?
relating to or affecting the skin.
what does Kinaesthesia mean?
Sense and motor activity based in the
muscles, joints and tendons
Advantages of tactile feedback?
eyes-free
visual attention elsewhere
noisy environment
Personal to receiver (unlike audio)
Disadvantages of tactile feedback?
Fidelity much lower than audio