Gesture Recognition/Haptics

Gesture Recognition/Haptic Interfaces

David Rokeby - Very Nervous System

Technologies that allow machines to interpret human actions at a distance (e.g. visual determination of gestures). Haptic interfaces make use of touch and manipulation (sometimes with force feedback).

Links to Research on Gesture Recognition

Links to Research on Haptic Interfaces

Haptics Community Web Page (links to research centers) Haptics Community Links
Input Research Group (U of Toronto, Bill Buxton)
sci.virtual-worlds.haptics faq (U of Washington - links to commercial systems, gloves, research)
Archimedes Research -Stanford interfaces for the disabled
Yahoo index of Haptics sites
Research into Physical Computing
Axel's list of webpages-gesture.haptic
VR News - Alternative I/O
GVU: Smart Floor - identify people by footsteps

Links to artists working with gesture recognition/ haptics.

Stephen Wilson - Links to Artistic Experimentation with Emerging Technologies including haptics, gesture recognition, etc.

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