SATINproject

This channel presents videos related to the FP6-IST SATIN project, funded under the aegis of the European Union. The SATIN project has developed the SATIN system, which is a new multimodal and multisensory system for the evaluation of virtual shapes of aesthetic products based on a haptic interface, consisting of a haptic strip that is inspired by the tape that designers usually place on physical prototypes for evaluating their characteristics and style lines. The basic concept of SATIN system is to use as main user interface a force sensitive tangible strip that is suspended in space in the position of a section of the simulated virtual object. A 3D visualization of the shape is super-imposed onto the physical strip by means of a stereoscopic display system. Moreover, a multimodal interaction based on the integration of sounds has been developed: sound has been used in a metaphoric way to communicate curve geometrical parameters, for example points of discontinuity or inflections.