Um Estudo sobre a utilização de Sistemas Hápticos em Ambientes Virtuais Colaborativos

Collaborative Virtual Environments are virtual environments where multiple users may share the same space and participate in any collaborative activity. The use of haptic systems in these environments allows, in certain types of tasks, a more natural interaction and can improve users’ performance and feeling of immersion in the experiment. This paper presents the use of haptic systems in collaborative virtual environments where a user can guide others through a haptic device. This study aimed to verify how such type of collaboration can be used for remote training on topics whose understanding depends on the sense of touch.