Haptic Workbench: a multisensory virtual environment

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The Haptic Workbench combines stereo images, co-located force feedback and 3D audio to produce a small-scale hands- in virtual environment system. This paper present the Haptic Workbench, the HCI issues that arose and its deployment in prototype industrial applications. The problems associated with combining global graphic and local haptic rendering in an efficient and generalized manner are described. The benefits and the difficulties associated with this class of virtual environment system are discussed, the experience gained in applying it to industrial applications is described and conclusions are drawn about the appropriate use of co-located multi-sensory technologies in Virtual Environments.

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