There is an asymmetry in many tangible interfaces: while phicons can be used to manipulate digital information, the reverse is often not possible ? the digital world cannot push b...
We present Road Rager, a prototype built in order to explore our hypothesis that proximity and a possibility to identify other players during temporary encounters could spur socia...
We present the Haptic Shading Framework (HSF), a framework for procedurally defining haptic texture. HSF haptic texture shaders are short procedures allowing an application-progr...
VRML is a file format for the description of dynamic scene graphs containing 3D objects with their visual appearance, multimedia content, an event model, and scripting capabilitie...
In this paper we develop an interactive 3D browser for large topographic maps using a visual display augmented by a haptic, or force feedback, display. The extreme size of our dat...