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====== Enhancing Low-cost Haptic Devices by means of Vibrating Actuators ======
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|title=Enhancing Low-cost Haptic Devices by means of Vibrating Actuators|
|participants=[[people:Marcello Giordano]]\\
 [[people:Stephen Sinclair]]\\
 [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]] (supervisor)|
|funding= NSERC Discovery Grant (M. Wanderley)|
|type= Doctoral thesis|
|period=2012|
|status=completed|
|image=projects:tactileomni:augmented_omni.jpg
|caption=Tactile-augmented Haptic Device.
}}

===== Project Description =====

Force-feedback devices can provide haptic feedback during interaction with physical models for sound synthesis. However, low-end devices may not always provide high-fidelity display of the acoustic characteristics of the model. **For this project we designed an enhanced handle for the Phantom Omni Force-Feedback Device containing a vibration actuator** intended to display the high-frequency portion of the synthesized forces. We performed measurements to show that this approach achieves a more faithful representation of the acoustic signal in the case of a bowing interaction, overcoming limitations in the device control and dynamics.\\

{{projects:tactileomni:handle_inside3.jpg|The tactile augmented handle for the Phantom Omni}}

===== Publications =====

  * "Bowing a vibration-enhanced force-feedback device" - Marcello Giordano, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley, Proceedings of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Conference, 2012.


{{tag>Tactile-Feedback, Force-Feedback}}