Haptic Modality in Virtual Reality

Abstract

The chapter covers topics relevant for the design of haptic interfaces and their use in virtual reality applications. It provides knowledge required for understanding complex force feedback approaches and introduces general issues that must be considered for designing efficient and safe haptic interfaces.Human haptics, mathematical models of virtual environment, collision detection, force rendering and control of haptic devices are the main theoretical topics covered in this chapter, which concludes with a summary of different haptic display technologies. © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014.