Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces

Over the last decade ultrasound mid-air haptic technology has emerged and rapidly advanced to engage multidisciplinary scientific communities within and adjacent to the haptics and HCI fields. Additionally this haptic technology has been adopted by a number of industry sectors (e.g. automotive virtual reality digital signage neuroscience research) who appear keen to exploit its unique value proposition: the ability to deliver rich haptic sensations from a distance without the need to touch wear or hold anything in order to enhance touchless interfaces novel applications and experiences.<div><br></div><div>This book is the first and currently the only one that provides a comprehensive description of the technology encapsulating almost all aspects relating to electronic prototyping acoustics haptics psychology and perception user experience and end-user HCI applications. Through its 18 chapters written by 30 expert co-authors this book is therefore an excellent introduction to the technology for anyone coming from any of those fields. Specifically the reader will benefit by getting a unique and multi-dimensional perspective on the state-of-the-art of this enabling haptic technology while also understanding its history relevant best research practices and an overview of the various open challenges and opportunities.<br><p></p></div>