Powercursor

Interfaces you can Touch

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Powercursor is a software toolkit in Flash for designing interfaces you can touch.

Tactile sensations like stickiness, roughness, pressure, volume or mass can be experienced in a graphical user interface without resorting to special force feedback devices. Powercursor uses a technique called ‘optically simulated haptic feedback’ to evoke the tactile experience.

The software engine consists of a set of force field objects that can be added to any Flash project: Holes, Hills, Slopes, Roughs, Walls, Whirls, and more. Powercursor enables interaction designers to add a sense of feel to their Flash interfaces without difficult programming.


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If you want to learn more about the scientific background of optically simulated haptic feedback, read the PhD thesis What You See is What You Feel (pdf), connected to the project.