Haptic editing of decoration and material properties

Abstract

We explore haptic editing as a powerful way to enhance haptic realism. Building upon the framework of a previous implicit-based haptic technique, our haptic decoration technique allows the user to first paint directly on 3D models, and then to sense the thickness variation due to the added paint. Meanwhile, material editing permits the user to edit and feel local material properties such as friction and stiffness in a natural way. In addition, we extended the initial haptic model to support some novel features including a magnetic surface attraction that forces the tool tip to stick to the surface of complex models.