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General Purpose ⓘ

Meta-information about the tool.

Year Rangeⓘ

The year a tool was first publicly released or discussed in an academic paper.

Start Year

End Year

Platforms (∧)ⓘ

The OS or software framework needed to run the tool.

Unknown

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Web

Unity

iPad

Java and Python

Faust

Blender

Java

Processing

Pebble

HDAPI

Pure Data

Raspberry Pi

Protools and Max/MSP

Electron

libmapper

NodeJS

Availability (∨)ⓘ

If the tool can be obtained by the public.

Available

Unavailable

Licenses (∨)ⓘ

Tye type of license applied to the tool.

Unknown

Open Source

Proprietary

Non-Commercial Research Use Only

Hardware Control ⓘ

Aspects of the tool related to supported haptic hardware.

Haptic Category (∨)ⓘ

The general types of haptic output devices controlled by the tool.

Vibrotactile

Skin Stretch/Compression

Force Feedback

Temperature

Hardware Abstractions (∨)ⓘ

How broad the type of hardware support is for a tool.

Bespoke: Hardware is custom built, including open hardware.
Consumer: Support is limited to a specific commercial device or a family of devices.
Class: Any device with the same affordances can be used, possibly with some configuration required.

Bespoke

Consumer

Class

None

Interaction and Interface ⓘ

Aspects of the tool related to the creation of haptic effects.

Driving Feature (∧)ⓘ

If haptic content is controlled over time, by other actions, or both.

Time

Action

Effect Localization (∨)ⓘ

How the desired location of stimuli is mapped to the device.

Device-centric: No spatial information is taken into acccount. Actuators are directly controlled.
Target-centric: Stimuli are placed on the body or are assigned to a virtual object to be triggered through interaction. The tool handles how the device will display the effect.
Location-aware: The desired location of an effect is taken into account to some extent, but is ultimately presented in context of the output device.

Target-centric

Device-centric

Location-aware

Media Support (∨)ⓘ

Support for non-haptic media in the workspace, even if just to aid in manual synchronization.

None

Audio

Visual

Iterative Playback (∨)ⓘ

If haptic effects can be played back from the tool to aid in the design process.

Yes

N/A

Unknown

Design Approaches (∨)ⓘ

Broadly, the methods available to create a desired effect.

Direct parametric control (DPC): low-level parameters are directly modifiable.
Process: parameters are controllable by an abstract process.
Sequencing: reusable effects are ordered in time to create complex effects.
Library: a library of pre-existing effects is available for use or re-use.
Description: a natural language description of the experience is used to find an appropriate effect, often through searching a library.

DPC

Process

Library

Sequencing

Description

Interaction Metaphors (∨)ⓘ

Common UI metaphors that define how a user interacts with a tool.

Track: a timeline represents an interactive channel containing effects.
Keyframe: key points of the effect are set and behavior between them is interpolated.
Score: an adaptation of a musical score or notation represents haptic effects.
Dataflow: a dataflow programming model is used to control haptic output.
Demonstration: physical actions or other data are mapped simply to effects or parameters.
Generic Menu: typical GUI elements (e.g., sliders) are used to control effects with the absence of other metaphors.

Dataflow

Demonstration

Generic Menu

Keyframe

N/A

Score

Track