Extended Multitouch: Recovering Touch Posture & Identity Using Depth Cameras on a Pen+Touch Tabletop Interface

Extended Multitouch: Recovering Touch Posture & Identity Using Depth Cameras on a Pen+Touch Tabletop Interface

Abstract: Multitouch surfaces are becoming prevalent, but most existing technologies are only capable of detecting the user’s actual points of contact on the surface and not the identity, posture, and handedness of the user. In this paper, we define the concept...
ACTIVE-Hand: Automatic Configurable Tactile Interaction in Virtual Environment

ACTIVE-Hand: Automatic Configurable Tactile Interaction in Virtual Environment

Abstract: We present a novel, low-power and untethered pneumatic haptic device, namely the ACTIVE-Hand, for realistic and real-time 3D gaming experience. Currently, body-motion based 3D gaming systems primarily use visual feedback to provide partly immersive gaming...