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This paper studies the effectiveness of a tactile display in providing information about the orientation of 3d-patterned surfaces. In particular, it investigates the perception of the orientation of sinusoidal gratings rendered through the display in a passive guided touch modality. The results of this study have revealed that participants could successfully perceive variations in the orientation of the rendered sinusoidal gratings. Moreover, they indicate a small difference in the perception of orientation between touching virtual gratings and touching real gratings.
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Garcia-Hernandez, N., Sarakoglou, I., Tsagarakis, N., Caldwell, D. (2011). Effectiveness of a Tactile Display for Providing Orientation Information of 3d-patterned Surfaces. In: Shumaker, R. (eds) Virtual and Mixed Reality - Systems and Applications. VMR 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22024-1_36
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