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    Conceptual Development of the Tactile Interface

    In order to develop the tactile interface that allows users to touch a 3D shape by means of a continuous and free hand interaction, it is needed to conduct a preliminary study for evaluating the concept. In th...

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    Augmented Reality Visualisation System

    As explained in Chap. 3, the aim of the development of the tactile interface is to allow users to perform the tactile evaluation together with the visual one. Than...

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    Introduction

    This chapter will introduce the research work described in this book. The final output of the research work is a new concept of a desktop Tactile Shape Display. This device allows the designer to perform the t...

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    Research Context and Concept of the System

    Product design process is typically based on loops between the design and the evaluation phases, which require the creation of digital models and physical prototypes. In the last years, real prototypes have be...

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    Module with Indirect Actuation System

    This chapter presents the concept of the solution based on indirect actuation approach. This configuration aims at positioning the control points of the rendered trajectory in the space. The degree of freedom ...

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    Discussion and Users Test

    In this chapter we will describe the characteristics of the developed system in terms of: performances, modularity, portability and implementation costs. In order to perform an accurate analysis of the rendere...

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    Conclusions and Future Works

    In this last chapter we will summarize the results of the described research work which consist in the development of an innovative Tactile Shape Display. Moreover, we will describe the future works that we ar...

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    Related Works

    Tactile interaction consists in providing the user of a Virtual Reality (VR) system with sensations related to touch, mainly during the evaluation and the manipulation of virtual objects. In some cases the ter...

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    Module with Direct Actuation System

    In order to cope with the issues arisen by analysing the first version of the system presented in Chap. 5, a new version of the module has been designed and it wil...

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