Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Drawing on Air With Haptics in 3D

Posted by Zonk on from the just-like-in-longest-journey dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "In a recent article, PhysOrg.com reports that a team of computer scientists at Brown University has developed 'Drawing on Air', a haptic-aided interface to help artists to create 3D illustrations while wearing a virtual reality mask. 'The technique introduces two new strategies, using one hand or two hands, to give artists the tools they need for drawing different types of curves, and for viewing and editing their work.' The researchers hope that these techniques will improve the precision with which scientists can interact with their 3D data using a computer. This also would help artists to illustrate complicated artistic, scientific, and medical subjects."

2 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. Poor Roland by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know this is off-topic, but why do people insist on attaching the "botcottroland" tag to every story the guy submits? Some of his contributions might not be up-to-date or entirely news-worthy, but this one seems very interesting. Give the poor guy a break.

  2. Re:Back to "Tactile" by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you did not like what I had to say, how about making an actual point, rather than being insulting?