Summary: Physically-Based Manipulation on the Responsive Workbench
Bernd Fr¨ohlich
Henrik Tramberend
German National Research Center
for Information Technology
Andrew Beers
Maneesh Agrawala
Stanford University
David Baraff
Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract
This paper describes how a physical simulation can be
integrated with our Responsive Workbench system to sup-
port complex assembly tasks involving multiple hands and
users. Our system uses the CORIOLIS physical simulation
package extended to meet the real time requirements for our
highly interactive virtual environment. We develop a new set
of interface tools that exploit the natural properties of phys-
ical simulation (i.e. the superposition of forces). Our tools
are based on sets of springs connecting the user's hand to

Source: Agrawala, Maneesh - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley
Stanford University - Computer Graphics Laboratory

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences