Group synchronization control for haptic media in networked virtual environments

Author

Ishibashi, Yutaka ; Hasegawa, Takahiko ; Tasaka, Shuji

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Eng., Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

27-28 March 2004

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

113

Abstract

This paper proposes a group (or inter-destination) synchronization control scheme for haptic media in networked virtual environments where multiple users manipulate CG objects collaboratively in a 3-D virtual space by using force feedback devices. For group synchronization of haptic media, we enhance the synchronization maestro scheme, which the authors previously proposed for voice and video, so as to adjust the output timing of haptic media among the users. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed scheme by experiment.

Keywords

force feedback; groupware; haptic interfaces; synchronisation; virtual private networks; virtual reality; collaborative work; force feedback devices; group synchronization control; haptic media; networked virtual environment; synchronization maestro scheme; Character generation; Collaboration; Communication system control; Force control; Haptic interfaces; Intelligent networks; Space technology; Streaming media; Timing; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2004. HAPTICS '04. Proceedings. 12th International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2112-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HAPTIC.2004.1287184

Filename

1287184