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Title

The Penn Haptic Texture Toolkit for Modeling, Rendering, and Evaluating Haptic Virtual Textures

Author(s)

Heather Culbertson, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Juan Jose Lopez Delgado, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Other

Subject Area

GRASP

Date of this Version

2-12-2014

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Abstract

The Penn Haptic Texture Toolkit (HaTT) is a collection of 100 haptic texture and friction models, the recorded data from which the models were made, images of the textures, and the code and methods necessary to render these textures using an impedance-type haptic device such as a SensAble Phantom Omni. This toolkit was developed to provide haptics researchers with a method by which to compare and validate their texture modeling and rendering methods. The included rendering code has the additional benefit of allowing others, both researchers and designers, to incorporate our textures into their virtual environments, which will lead to a richer experience for the user.

Keywords

haptic texture rendering, haptics, virtual reality

Recommended Citation

Culbertson, Heather; Lopez Delgado, Juan Jose; and Kuchenbecker, Katherine J., "The Penn Haptic Texture Toolkit for Modeling, Rendering, and Evaluating Haptic Virtual Textures" (2014). Departmental Papers (MEAM). 299.
https://repository.upenn.edu/meam_papers/299