Haptic Rendering : Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications, Hardcover by Lin, Ming C. (EDT); Otaduy, Miguel (EDT), ISBN 1568813325, ISBN-13 9781568813325, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

This introduction to interfaces between humans and computers that exploit the human sense of touch emphasizes algorithmic perspectives that are important to researchers and developers, and discusses fundamental concepts in the psychophysics of touch, and issues in device and interface design. It also surveys current rendering algorithms and novel applications. Lin is the Beverly W. Long Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Otaduyan is an assistant professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC Madrid), where he works at the Modeling and Virtual Reality Group (GMRV), in the Department of Computer Science. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()