TY - CHAP
T1 - Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
T2 - Introduction
AU - Bicchi, Antonio
AU - Buss, Martin
AU - Ernst, Marc O.
AU - Peer, Angelika
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In 1965 the Computer Graphics pioneer Ivan Sutherland envisioned the building of an "ulti-mate display", a multi-modal synthetic environment, which included force and touch feedback [1]. He was one of the first researchers to realize the significance of the sense of touch, especially for the enhancement of virtual worlds. As the philosopher Bertrand Russell put it in [2]: " it is touch that gives our sense of "reality"... Not only our geometry and physics, but our whole conception of what exists outside us, is based upon the sense of touch." Nowadays, multi-modal human-machine interfaces have been established as one of the most important fundamental components of information technology of the XXI century. They already have decisive impact on all areas of our professional and private life, covering for example everyday communication, manufacturing, trade, financial services, health care, or entertainment. Technological innovations leading to high-fidelity recording and synthesis of natural signals for stimulating the human sensory system (most notably sound and image generation devices) transformed our way of life and created huge markets for professional applications and entertainment industry products
AB - In 1965 the Computer Graphics pioneer Ivan Sutherland envisioned the building of an "ulti-mate display", a multi-modal synthetic environment, which included force and touch feedback [1]. He was one of the first researchers to realize the significance of the sense of touch, especially for the enhancement of virtual worlds. As the philosopher Bertrand Russell put it in [2]: " it is touch that gives our sense of "reality"... Not only our geometry and physics, but our whole conception of what exists outside us, is based upon the sense of touch." Nowadays, multi-modal human-machine interfaces have been established as one of the most important fundamental components of information technology of the XXI century. They already have decisive impact on all areas of our professional and private life, covering for example everyday communication, manufacturing, trade, financial services, health care, or entertainment. Technological innovations leading to high-fidelity recording and synthesis of natural signals for stimulating the human sensory system (most notably sound and image generation devices) transformed our way of life and created huge markets for professional applications and entertainment industry products
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-79035-8_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-79035-8_1
M3 - Foreword/postscript
AN - SCOPUS:53849119546
SN - 9783540790341
T3 - Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
SP - 1
EP - 3
BT - The Sense of Touch and Its Rendering
ER -