Haptics
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Haptics is any form of interaction involving touch (from Greek ἅπτω = 'I fasten onto, I touch').
It can mean:
- Haptic communication, the means by which people and other animals communicate via touching
- Haptic perception, the process of recognizing objects through touch
- Haptic poetry, a liminal art form combining characteristics of typography and sculpture
- Haptic technology, technology that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch
Haptics may also refer to touch and tactile.
See also[edit]
- Somatosensory system, the biology of sensory receptors
- Somatic, meaning relating to the body
- Tactile signing, method of deafblind communication
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