Researchers at the Computer Vision Lab at ETH Zurich have developed a method to produce virtual copies of real objects that can be touched and sent via the Internet.A 3D scanner records an image of the object. A sensor arm with force, acceleration, and slip sensors then collects information about shape and solidity, and a virtual copy is created on the computer. A user senses the object using a haptic (touch) device and views it with data goggles.
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