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The Haptic Tabletop Puck: tactile feedback for interactive tabletops

Authors:

Nicolai Marquardt,

Miguel A. Nacenta,

James E. Young,

Sheelagh Carpendale,

Saul Greenberg,

Ehud SharlinAuthors Info & Claims

ITS '09: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces

Pages 85 - 92

https://doi.org/10.1145/1731903.1731922

Published: 23 November 2009 Publication History

Abstract

In everyday life, our interactions with objects on real tables include how our fingertips feel those objects. In comparison, current digital interactive tables present a uniform touch surface that feels the same, regardless of what it presents visually. In this paper, we explore how tactile interaction can be used with digital tabletop surfaces. We present a simple and inexpensive device -- the Haptic Tabletop Puck -- that incorporates dynamic, interactive haptics into tabletop interaction. We created several applications that explore tactile feedback in the area of haptic information visualization, haptic graphical interfaces, and computer supported collaboration. In particular, we focus on how a person may interact with the friction, height, texture and malleability of digital objects.

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ITS '09: Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces

November 2009

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ISBN:9781605587332

DOI:10.1145/1731903

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SMART Technologies, Canada
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University of Bristol, UK
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University of Calgary, Canada
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Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Austria
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University of Waterloo, Canada

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