Title :
The HTML5 Haptics Plugin
Author :
Al Osman, Hussein ; Cha, Jongeun ; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Commun. Res. Lab., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The World Wide Web has gone a long way from its humble beginnings when simple browsers exclusively supported plain textual layouts. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for web browsers to support 3D graphics as part of a colorful palette of contents available for developers in order to relay intended information. With the formal support of WebGL in HTML 5, the stage has been set to even further augment the web experience with haptic enabled content. This paper presents the development of the HTML5 Haptics Plugin, a browser extension that enables a web based force feedback experience. Also, the paper discusses the development of a haptics enabled web application designed for educational purposes.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer graphics; haptic interfaces; hypermedia markup languages; online front-ends; 3D graphics; HTML5 haptics plugin; Web browsers; WebGL; World Wide Web; educational purpose; plain textual layouts; Browsers; Haptic interfaces; Java; Libraries; Solid modeling; Virtual environments; HTML5; WebGL; World Wide Web; haptics; virtual environments;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), 2012 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1568-5
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2012.6374449
