The Proactive Desk : A New Force Display System for a Digital Desk Using a 2-DOF Linear Induction Moto

The Proactive Desk is a new digital desk with haptic feedback. The Proactive Desk al lows a user to handle both virtual and real objects on a digital desk with a realistic feeling. We proposed it for a co-experience web that would enable peo ple to share the feelings and ex pe ri enc es of other users via the Internet. In the Proactive Desk, two linear induction motors are equipped to generate an omnidirectional translational force on a user's hand or a physical object on the desk without any mechanical link nor wire, thereby preserving the ad van tag es of a digital desk. In this paper, we report ap pli ca tions of the Proactive Desk and the performance of the fi rst trial model.