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Methods are presented for authoring geometrical databases which incorporate touch or haptic feedback. In particular, a database of geometrical elements incorporates attributes necessary to support haptic interactions such as stiffness, hardness, friction, and so forth. Users may instantiate objects

Methods are presented for authoring geometrical databases which incorporate touch or haptic feedback. In particular, a database of geometrical elements incorporates attributes necessary to support haptic interactions such as stiffness, hardness, friction, and so forth. Users may instantiate objects designed through CAD/CAM environments or attach haptic or touch attributes to subcomponents such as surfaces or solid sub-objects. The resulting haptic/visual databases or world-describing models can then be viewed and touched using a haptic browser or other appropriate user interface.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A method of haptic authoring, comprising the steps of:developing a database describing one or more virtual objects in a virtual world, the database including geometric data facilitating object visualization;assigning haptic attributes to one or more of the virtual objects; andprovi

[ We claim:] [1.] A method of haptic authoring, comprising the steps of:developing a database describing one or more virtual objects in a virtual world, the database including geometric data facilitating object visualization;assigning haptic attributes to one or more of the virtual objects; andproviding an interface enabling a user to both view and feel the objects to which the haptic attributes have been assigned.