Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Haptic Exploration(also: Tactile Exploration, Touch Exploration)
- The process of acquiring spatial and object information through systematic touch and hand movements. Haptic exploration involves active manipulation and movement across surfaces to perceive shape, size, texture, temperature, and spatial relationships. For people who are blind or…
- Haptic Virtual Reality(also: Haptic VR, Feelable Virtual Environment)
- Haptic virtual reality refers to virtual environments that incorporate touch-based feedback, allowing users to feel virtual textures, shapes, and objects through force-feedback devices. Unlike visual-only VR, haptic VR provides tactile and kinaesthetic information — resistance,…
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