SensAble OpenHaptics API

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SensAble OpenHaptics API
OpenHaptics haptics device control and library
of haptic functions
What is OpenHaptics? The OpenHaptics
toolkit enables developers to add haptics and
true 3D navigation to a broad range of
applications. The toolkit is patterned after the
OpenGL API, making it familiar to graphics
programmers and facilitating integration with new
or existing OpenGL applications. This haptics
toolkit handles complex calculations, provides
low-level device control for advanced developers,
and supports polygonal objects, material
properties, and force effects. The OpenHaptics
toolkit supports a range of PHANTOM devices from
the low-cost PHANTOM Omni device to the larger
PHANTOM Premium devices. From
http//www.sensable.com/industries-application-dev
elopment.htm
program
CPU
Haptics Library
monitor
haptic device (force feedback)
Before OpenHaptics every vendor utilizing force
feedback as part of their app had to select or
design their haptic device and write low level
device code and custom software programs tailored
to those devices
With OpenHaptics application developers utilize
a standard set of functions, structures, and
utilities in their programs to facilitate user
interaction with the haptics device.