Haptics Flashcards
1
Q
What is haptics?
A
Haptics: Sense and/or motor activity based in the
skin, muscles, joints and tendons
2
Q
What are the two aspects of haptics?
A
Cutaneous/(touch): Sense based on receptors in the skin
Kinaesthesia: Sense and motor activity based in the
muscles, joints and tendons
3
Q
Give examples of Cutaneous haptics
A
vibrations
Temperature
pain
Lateral skin stretch
4
Q
what does Cutaneous mean?
A
relating to or affecting the skin.
5
Q
what does Kinaesthesia mean?
A
Sense and motor activity based in the
muscles, joints and tendons
6
Q
Advantages of tactile feedback?
A
eyes-free
visual attention elsewhere
noisy environment
Personal to receiver (unlike audio)
7
Q
Disadvantages of tactile feedback?
A
Fidelity much lower than audio
