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Computer human interface: A sense of touch in online sculpting

Creighton, Ian and Ho-Stuart, Chris J. (2004) Computer human interface: A sense of touch in online sculpting . In Proceedings 2nd international conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques in Australasia and South East Asia GRAPHITE '04, pages pp. 118-122, Singapore.

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Abstract

This paper describes the work-in-progress of an online multimedia tool employing the sense of touch in exploring and learning sculpting techniques over the Internet. Many game applications use haptic devices as a control mechanism yet little has been documented on the use of this controlling procedure in an educational setting. The internet based instructional device suggested here has its own suite of modeling tools accessed by a customised interface designed with widely accessible software (Macromedia Director). It makes use of a simple force-feedback joystick to control a spherical cursor which makes changes to the surface of a 3D model represented onscreen. Using Flash Web Server and the Internet, the system is able to support a collaborative environment encouraging interaction between student and tutor. It is hoped this system will become a research and development tool in online education.

Item Type:Conference Paper
Status:Published
Subjects:410000 The Arts > 410300 Cinema, Electronic Arts and Multimedia > 410303 Multimedia
410000 The Arts > 410400 Design Studies > 410402 Design Innovation
ID Code:1341
Deposited By:Creighton, Ian
Deposited On:19 May 2005
Alternative Locations:http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/988834.988855
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2004 Association for Computing Machinery
Additional Information:For more information, please refer to the publisher’s website (see hypertext link) or contact the author.