A tactile glove provides subtle guidance to objects in the vicinity

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 10:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Researchers at HIIT and Max Planck Institute for Informatics show how computer vision-based hand tracking and vibration feedback on the user's hand can be used to steer the user's hand toward an object of interest. A study shows an almost three-fold advantage in finding objects from complex visual scenes, such as library or supermarket shelves.

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