Haptic Devices

These are devices that allow for the manual exploration of the virtual environment and the manipulation of virtual objects. They measure the position and forces of the user's hand and/or other body parts and can provide feedback forces to the user.

There are four categories of haptic devices:

• Hand position and orientation
• forces and torque feedback devices
• tactile devices
• devices to produce other stimuli such as heat or cold.

Here are three different types of gloves.

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