Currently  Evolving the On-screen Haptic System into a Projected "Holographic- Like" Model.
 

Monitor view of model   

Projected 3D model will be seen suspended in the space below the viewing screen for direct operator interaction with the object.

The projection model will have all the same features and haptics capabilities that were developed for the monitor-viewed model.  

What is viewed on the monitor can be viewed and interacted with in the projected mode.

Provisional patent filed 7/18/03

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Dr A Steinberg, July. 2004