Touch in Virtual Environments: Haptics and the Design of Interactive Systems

Ch. 1. Introduction To Haptics -- Ch. 2. Simulation With Contact For Haptic Interaction -- Ch. 3. Stable Control Of Haptics -- Ch. 4. Hardware For Improved Haptic Interface Performance -- Ch. 5. Six-degress-of-freedom Haptic Visualization -- Ch. 6. Lossy Compression Of Haptic Data -- Ch. 7. A Robust System For Haptic Collaboration Over The Network -- Ch. 8. Haptic Collaboration Over The Internet -- Ch. 9. Perceiving Complex Virtual Scenes Without Visual Guidance -- Ch. 10. Perceiving Texture Through A Probe -- Ch. 11. Haptic And Auditory Display In Multimodal Information Systems -- Ch. 12. Detection Thresholds For Small Haptic Effects -- Ch. 13. Haptic Interfaces To Real And Virtual Surgical Environments. Margaret L. Mclaughlin, João Hespanha, Gaurav Sukhatme. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.