Title :
Restoring physicality to touch interaction with programmable friction
Author :
Lévesque, Vincent ; Oram, Louise ; MacLean, Karon ; Colgate, Edward ; Peshkin, Michael A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Rich tactile interaction with control surfaces has been compromised in the transition to touch interfaces. This paper discusses new haptic effects that restore physicality to touch interaction by dynamically altering a touchscreen´s frictional properties.
Keywords :
friction; haptic interfaces; touch sensitive screens; frictional properties; haptic effects; programmable friction; rich tactile interaction; touch interaction; touch interfaces; touchscreens; Conferences; Consumer electronics;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8711-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722773
