Course Catalog 2010-2011
Basic

Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University

|Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|    

Course Catalog 2010-2011

YHTTAY-7196 Haptic User Interfaces, 5-8 cr

Person responsible

Teija Vainio

Requirements

Exam, assignments, and a paper or documented project work.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

The course is an introduction to haptic user interface technology and haptic research in general. The topics of the course contain an introduction to human sense of touch, relation of touch, vision and hearing, haptics as a communication modality, haptic technologies, haptics in human-computer interaction, and haptic interfaces for the visually impaired. The course is based on the latest research on multimodal interfaces involving haptics.

Learning outcomes

The course gives a comprehensive overview in the research on haptics. After this course the student knows of potentials of the haptic modality and how it can be applied in both unimodal and multimodal contexts.

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Other online content                English  

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Additional information

Kurssin vastuuhenkilö on professori Roope Raisamo Tampereen yliopistosta. Kurssi liittyy IHTE-TAUCHI-opetusyhteistyöhön, ks. http://www.cs.tut.fi/ihte/opetus/tauchi.shtml. Kurssille ilmoittautumisessa noudatetaan Tampereen yliopiston ohjeita.

Last modified03.12.2010