New Technologies to Integrate Haptics on Web: Expanding the Museu3I

Abstract

The emergence of low cost haptic devices and the evolution of technologies for developing virtual reality environments for web have motivated the development of tools that allow the use of haptic systems together with applications and web browsers. The availability of web haptic systems results on the possibility of multisensory experiences for internet users. This paper analyzes technologies for integrating haptic and web systems, exposing the features of each tool in order to find the best strategy to incorporate virtual touch in Museu3l by using the haptic technology, so that it becomes one of the first virtual museums that makes haptic interaction with a work of art in a web visit possible.