Haptic, Gestural, Hybrid Interfaces

Thursday, 17 December | 12:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Room 501

Session Chair

Marie-Paule Cani

Virtual Haptic Radar

A wearable device that helps actors become aware of the presence of invisible virtual objects evolving in a virtual studio.

Alexis Zerroug 
Alvaro Cassinelli 
Masatoshi Ishikawa
Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory, The University of Tokyo

FlexTorque: Innovative Haptic Interface for Realistic Physical Interaction in Virtual Reality

A novel haptic interface, FlexTorque, that reproduces human muscle structure to enable realistic physical interaction with objects in virtual environments. Related Emerging Technologies Project

Dzmitry Tsetserukou
Katsunari Sato
Alena Neviarouskaya
Naoki Kawakami
The University of Tokyo

Susumu Tachi
Keio University

SixthSense: A Wearable Gestural Interface

SixthSense visually augments surfaces, walls, and physical objects with relevant, just-in-time information and allows interaction with the information via natural hand gestures. Related Emerging Technologies Project

Pranav Mistry 
Pattie Maes
MIT Media Lab

Hybrid Cursor Control for Precise and Fast Positioning Without Clutching

A novel cursor positioning technique for absolute devices that enables fast and precise cursor handling without making use of a clutching mechanism.

Markus Schlattmann 
Reinhard Klein 
Universität Bonn