HAPTEX project to develop sensing of virtual TEXtiles
09 Nov '06
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MIRALab of University of Geneva's HAPTEX project is a research on multimodal perception of textiles in virtual environments. HAPTEX proposes to develop new avenues for re-search on multimodal interaction that enable a per-son to perceive, touch and manipulate textiles.
The project "HAPtic sensing of virtual TEXtiles" (HAPTEX) is a research project on multimodal perception of textiles in the virtual environment. Its main goal is to develop a Virtual Reality System (including both software and hardware) for visuo-haptic interaction with virtual textiles.
The project is funded under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) of the European Union (Contract No. IST-6549). The funding is provided by the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme, which is part of the Information Society Technologies (IST) area and focusses on novel and emerging scientific ideas.
Its mission is to promote research that is of a long-term nature or involves particularly high risks, compensated by the potential of a significant societal or industrial impact.
The administrative and scientific coordinator of HAPTEX is MIRALab, University of Geneva (Switzerland), headed by Prof. Dr. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann.
HAPTEX will participate with an own stand at the IST2006 Exhibition in Helsinki (November 21-23).
The visual representation of the virtual cloth simulation will be integrated with a haptic/tactile interface, which will allow the user to sense the virtual textile and identify the typical properties of different kinds of fabrics.
We expect HAPTEX to investigate how far it is possi-ble to provide a user with a completely reliable sense of fabric through a virtual experience. The project has many applications for the textile industry, but the main impact will be the significant advancement of multimodal interaction tools, techniques and know-how.
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