TeslaTouch
Olivier Bau / Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Ivan Poupyrev / Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Ali Israr / Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Chris Harrison / Human-Computer Interaction Institute, CMU
TeslaTouch prototype enclosure design is by Mark Baskinger and Jason May, CMU School of Design.
Ivan Poupyrev / Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Ali Israr / Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Chris Harrison / Human-Computer Interaction Institute, CMU
TeslaTouch prototype enclosure design is by Mark Baskinger and Jason May, CMU School of Design.
We present TeslaTouch, a new technology for enhancing touch interfaces with tactile sensations. TeslaTouch is based on the electrovibration phenomenon and does not use any moving parts. Our technology provides a wide range of tactile sensations to fingers sliding across surfaces of any shape and size, from small mobile displays to curved or wall-sized screens. TeslaTouch can be easily combined with a wide range of touch sensing technologies, including capacitive, optical and resistive touch screens. When combined with an interactive display and touch input, our tactile technology enables the design of interfaces that allow the user to feel virtual elements through touch. It can be used to enhance a wide range of applications with rich tactile feedback, such as feeling properties of interface elements in graphical user interfaces, maps and characters in video games, textures and colors in graphical painting applications, and many more.
Research Paper
 | TeslaTouch: Electrovibration For Touch Surfaces. Olivier Bau, Ivan Poupyrev, Ali Israr, and Chris Harrison. 2010. TeslaTouch: electrovibration for touch surfaces. In Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 283-292. DOI=10.1145/1866029.1866074 Paper [ACM Digital Library] [BibTeX] Paper [PDF, 4.4MB] Movie [QuickTime, 11.3MB] |
Awards
 | Best Demo Award at World Haptics 2011. |
Gallery
TeslaTouch provides tactile sensations using Electrovibration, and does not require any mechanical motion.
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 TeslaTouch provides a wide range of sensations by modifying the friction of touch-surfaces. |  TeslaTouch provides tactile feedback while browsing photos. |
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 TeslaTouch can provide tactile feedback when interacting with two hands |  Files provide information through texture while manipulating them, such as size or type |
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 TeslaTouch can simulate the feel of various textures |  The user can feel the texture of paint under his fingers |
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 The user can experience textures of objects that can not be touched |
Media Coverage
Contact
The TeslaTouch project is being developed at Disney Research Pittsburgh by Olivier Bau, Ivan Poupyrev & Ali Israr, in collaboration with Chris Harrison from Carnegie Mellon University.
Email: info@teslatouch.com
Email: info@teslatouch.com
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