Expanding the haptic experience by using the PHANToM device to drive a camera metaphor

Abstract

Many applications that support force feedback make use of a haptic device (such as the PHANToM) used for pointing operations, combined with a second device, mainly used for navigation (such as a 3D mouse). In this research we formally assess the user’s performance in a setup in which we use the PHANToM device for camera manipulations. This allows us to eliminate the second device and to free the user of the mental load to drive two different devices. Additionally, when using Sensable’s PHANToM as a camera device, we will look into the effect of the additional force feedback.