Fingertip Digitizer
A fingertip-mounted haptic sensing digitizer that captures physical phenomena at the fingertip during a user’s tactile activities. The complex biomechanical characteristics of the finger can achieve delicate input actions in art, medicine, and industry.
Researchers from the Virtual Reality Lab at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York say their “Fingertip Digitizer,” which users wear on the tip of the index finger, can transfer to the virtual world the meaning and intent of common hand gestures, such as pointing, wagging the finger, tapping in the air or other movements that can be used to direct the actions of an electronic device.
They expect the Fingertip Digitizer and related software to be market-ready within three years.
Touch Painter and Touch Canvas software is being developed to accompany the Fingertip Digitizer. Using this software and the Fingertip Digitizer, the user will be able to apply digital paint to a computer-screen canvas with a few flicks or taps of the index finger.
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