Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence

Book Overview

Introduction.- Part I: Psychophysical and Behavioral Basis.- Active Movement Reduces the Tactile Discrimination Performance.- Weight Perception with Real and Virtual Weights using Unimanual and Bimanual Precision Grip.- The Image of Touch: Construction of Meaning and Task Performance in Virtual Environments.- Psychological Experiments in Haptic Collaboration Research.- Human-Robot Adaptive Control of Object-oriented Action.- Cooperative Physical Human-Human and Human-Robot Interaction.- Part II: Technology and Rendering.- Data-Driven Visuo-Haptic Rendering of Deformable Bodies.- Haptic Rendering Methods for Multiple Contact Points.- Artificially Rendered Cutaneous Cues for a New Generation of Haptic Displays.- Social Haptic Interaction with Virtual Characters.- FMRI Compatible Sensing Glove for Hand Gesture Monitoring.- Improving Human-Computer Cooperation through Haptic Role Exchange and Negotiation.- Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447127536
• ISBN13: 9781447127536
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"