[vtkusers] [vtkusers]vtk using haptics

[Bhautik.Joshi at csiro.au]

> I'm a newone in VTK. I'd like to use 'vkt' for haptics rendering.
> Specially, I'm using PHANToM (Sensable Technologies., Inc) now.
> Does anybody include the GHOST SDK in vtk rendering to interface
> haptics?
> At first, I just want to try to deform simple object using vtk.
> I don't have any idea how I can include the haptics(GHOST).

This list is what I put together after a quick bit of googling (isn't that a
wonderful verb?):

There is a posting about this in the vtkusers archives dating back to
October 2000:
http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2000-October/004596.html

And you might want to get in touch with these people at the University of
Siena, with software which loads VTK data for haptic interaction (though I'm
not sure if VTK itself is used for rendering):
http://www.dii.unisi.it/~domenico/research/fetouch/

And I think the Julius software framework also combines some aspects of VTK
and haptic interaction:
http://www.julius.caesar.de/home/home.html

Also:
http://virtual.uta.edu/CD/BIMANUAL%20HAPTICWORKSTATION%20FOR%20LAPAROSCOPIC%
20SURGERY%20SIMULATION.htm
http://www.fz-juelich.de/vislab/virtual/svt/

This list is by no means complete, and there is probably a whole lot more
information out there.

Its a topic close to my research interests as well, so if anybody has been
able to work haptics into the VTK pipeline (or vice versa!) I'd also love to
hear about it :)

Cheers,
Bhautik

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