The FeelMouse: Making computer screens feelable

Abstract

Abstract. The FeelMouse supports the user by providing tactile and force feedback to the user. Depending on the object the user points to the force necessary to press the mouse button differs. With more or less resistance the user perceives harder or softer objects or objects which jut out more or less from the virtual computer surface. If the force is switched continuously a vibrating object is generated. In addition to "normal" usage the FeelMouse can be used to enable the work with GUI's also for visually impaired people.

What you see is what you feel

“…koert@koert.com computer interfaces [4,5]. Research in human-computer interfaces has addressed this issue with the development and evaluation of several force-feedback devices [2,3,11,16,23,24]. These devices are used to simulate a wide rang of object dynamics such as elasticity, hardness, and stiffness.…”