New book: Engineering Haptic Devices
I found some quite interesting new titles this summer. 2009 seems to be a fruitful year for publications on haptics. In june I got the Human Haptic Perception, Basics and Applications volume edited by Martin Grunwald [link]. Today, I received my copy of the new book Engineering Haptic Devices edited by Thorsten A. Kern [link].
I am so delighted to discover this book. It uncovers topics and issues I’ve been thinking for many years! I just had a quick look and the information, while quite technical, will definitely help me directly with my PhD studies. It covers all the technical side of things to build and develop haptic systems. There is a fair amount of non-technical content too, including the biological mechanisms, user’s modeling, design process and high-level considerations for successufully tackling haptics.
I’ll read it all carefully during the coming weeks. At over 140€, it is not exactly cheap, but it seems to be worth every euro cents of its price. Until I post a detailed reading report of it, here are some quick snapshots of some pages.
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