BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR99-353
ENTRY:: June 11, 1999
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Using Haptic Vector Fields for Animation Motion Control
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Donald, Bruce Randall
AUTHOR:: Henle, Frederick
DATE:: May 1999
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: Compressed Postscript at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR99-353.ps.Z
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR99-353.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
We are exploring techniques for animation authoring and editing using
a haptic force-feedback device.  In our system, a family of animations
is encoded by a bundle of trajectories.  This bundle in turn defines a
time-varying, higher-order vector field on a configuration space for
the animation.  A haptic input device provides a low-dimensional
parameterization of the resulting dynamical system, and the haptic
force feedback permits browsing and editing of the space of
animations, by allowing the user to experience the vector field as
physical forces.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR99-353