Eva-Lotta Sallnäs and Jonas Moll gave us some insight on the field of Haptics. We got some information on different types of devices that let the user get sensory feedback from a virtual or distant environment. Very interesting indeed.
After the presentation we went on downstairs to the lab and got to test some of the different applications developed. Applications where two persons could move blocks around in a 3d world by pulling, pushing and grabbing the blocks. The most interesting part was how you could help each other by showing grabbing hold of the other stylus in the virtual world. As we heard in the presentation, this is a really good way to aid blind people with various tasks. The other application that involved finding a vein on a hand and trying to put a needle in it. Not as easy as it sounds. The feedback in this application really surprised med, you could feel the skin and the textures on it quite realistically.
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