Haptics

ACSys VE Lab. - The ACSys VE lab in Australia does research into virtual environments and into haptics and co-located haptic and graphics, particularly for mining applications.

ForceDimension - Offers devices for high-end applications and research, as well as custom solutions for the industry.

Force-Feedback (Immersion) - Immersion Corporation's Force Feedback systems. Immersion makes the haptic mouse, high quality haptic joysticks and a haptic laparoscopic surgery simulation device.

Haptic FAQ - From Sci.virtual worlds newsgroup.

Haptic Spaces by Mark Paterson - Doctoral research paper looking into the way our spatial cognition, the way we process and negotiate space, is mediated by touch.

Haptics Community Web pages - The haptics community web pages have a good selection of research papers, particularly on hardware. The page does not seem to be maintained however.

Haptics Laboratory - McGill Center for Intelligent Machines Haptics Laboratory works on the engineering and design of interfaces that use touch during interaction with information systems.

Haptics-e - Haptics-e is an electronic journal for haptics research.

Haption - Develops and commercializes force-feedback (haptic) computer devices for Virtual Reality.

Millersville University Hershey Medical Center Research - Millersville are doing research into using haptics in the medicine.

MIT Touchlab - The MIT Touchlab aims to understand human haptics, develop machine haptics, and enhance human-machine interactions in virtual reality systems.

Novint Technologies - Specializes in haptics applications for medical, oil/gas, automotive, and mass market fields.

PHANTOM Users' Research Symposium - PURS is a meeting for haptics researchers held in Europe.

Quanser - Manufacturers of robotic and mechatronic systems including high quality haptic devices

ReachIn Technologies - ReachIn Technologies produce integrated haptic and graphic systems. They make display systems and produce the haptic and graphic API Magma.

SensAble Technologies - PHANTOM haptics devices and GHOST API allow users to touch and manipulate 3D data. Also the FreeForm is an important 3D modelling tool which is haptically enabled, using a PHANTOM® Omni™ device (a high end haptic device).

SenseGraphics - Provider of display systems integrating haptics and graphics. Also provides development tools for applications with haptics(H3D API).

UK Haptics Ltd - UK Haptics develop virtual reality training solutions for practice based learning and skills rehearsal in medical and clinical situations using 3D virtual environments to create life like simulations.