Touch Photography: Giving Computer Users a Feel for Things | Video
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 18:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Mechanical engineer Katherine Kuchenbecker is working on capturing the feel of an object and recreating those sensations so that the object’s virtual version feels real. She calls this process haptography or haptic (touch) photography.
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