[asvs] Research Seminar On Haptechs - University Of Sheffield - 13/10/04
- From: "Will Pearson" <will-pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <asvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:29:28 +0100
Hi,
Whilst slightly diverting away from the project, I thought this may be of
interest to some project participants. I'm in Sheffield next week, and so
there's a good chance I'll be there.
Will
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
*** RESEARCH SEMINAR ***
Date: Wednesday 13 October 2004
Time: 3.30pm
Venue: Sir Henry Stephenson Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Light refreshments will be available to those attending from 3.10pm
DR DANIELA ROMANO
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Feeling is Believing: Haptic Exploration of Virtual Objects
How 'real' objects can be conveyed in a virtual environment? One's mind has to
constantly integrates the visual, auditory, tactile cues to gain an
understanding of the environment one perceives to be in. The 'reality' of
virtual objects is completely based an individual's perception and
interpretation of surrounding cues.
I will present a study conducted at Sheffield DCS that investigates an
individual's perception of objects in a virtual environment through touch
alone, with the use of an haptic device: PHANToM. It will also question whether
size can be accurately determined and whether the stiffness of the object
affects their judgment.
Texture is an important factor to give the presence of being real. The study
also concentrated in discovering what an individual is feeling on given set of
parameters and whether texture information is useful about features of the an
object such as form, texture, friction and hardness.
What is 'real' is left to the person's imagination and previous
experience. This experiment has questioned what is inside one's thoughts, to
try to derive how people operate and put in action their thoughts in a virtual
environment.
Further details:
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/seminars.html
Or contact seminar organiser, Fabio Ciravegna,
f.ciravegna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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