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Special Issue of Virtual Reality journal: "Haptic Interfaces and Applications"
Devices that provide haptic feedback are increasingly being used in all manner of applications to provide an improved dialogue between a computer interface and a user. The use of the sense of touch allows a new range of applications to be targeted, and for existing interactions to take new forms. The scope of haptic applications now looks set to grow further, with the release of significantly lower cost haptic devices within the price range of individuals or small institutions. There is an increased need to develop heuristics, guidelines and standards for their use to allow a new group of developers to design effective haptic experiences. This special issue is dedicated to exploring the relationships between haptic interface devices, human perception and computer applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following areas:
Task evaluation and usability issues
Human factors
Multimodal and cross-modal haptic interfaces
Haptics and affect
Supporting communication with haptics
Medical applications
Haptics for art and design
Applications for blind and visually impaired users
Haptics for gaming and entertainment
Haptics in immersive virtual environments
Haptic interface hardware for applications
The special issue will appear in the Springer journal Virtual Reality (www.springeronline.com/journal/10055). Papers should typically be less than 8,000 words and of standard journal content: reports of original research, review papers, essays and discussions. Papers will be peer reviewed. Prospective authors should indicate their intention to submit by May 27th, including a planned title for the submission and names of authors. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF formats by 22nd July 2005. Please direct all submissions and correspondence to [log in to unmask]
Important Dates:
Deadline for expression of interest: May 27th 2005.
Deadline for submission of full papers: July 22nd 2005.
Special issue guest editors:
Dr. Steven A. Wall & Professor Stephen Brewster
Multimodal Interaction Group
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
e-mail: {steven, [log in to unmask]
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/haptics
tel: +44 (0)141 330 4256 / +44 (0)141 330 4966
fax: +44 (0)141 330 4913
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