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Created by
Eric Harris
Ted Phelps
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Brief description
The Haptic Communicator is a wireless device that allows four touch sensitive inputs on one unit to wirelessly actuate the other units' vibrotactile transducers. Each unit consists of four touch sensitive inputs, four wave function generators coupled to four vibrotactile voice coil transducer outputs and a transceiver.
Usage scenario
The Haptic Communicator is designed to investigate touch as a form of communication. The various input / output dimensions of loci, position, time and translation can all be modified according to research need.
Applications supported by the device:
Haptics as mobile communicator.
Haptic communicator as gaming device.
Haptics to augment other tangible devices.
System Architecture:
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