Title :
Tactile access for blind people to virtual reality on the World Wide Web
Author :
Hardwick, A. ; Furner, S. ; Rush, J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
1/21/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper reports work in progress at BT Labs to investigate the use of haptic display as a component of an emerging de facto standard (VRML) for the display of three dimensional images on the WWW. We discuss the use of a simple haptic interface to provide access to three dimensional virtual images. This is based on our experience of developing a browser capable of driving a force feedback probe from a VRML file
Keywords :
handicapped aids; VRML standard; World Wide Web; blind people; browser; force feedback probe; haptic display; haptic interface; tactile access; three dimensional images display; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Developments in Tactile Displays (Digest No. 1997/012), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19970088
