Hello Peter,

Yes, force feedback can work.

Yes, it does have application to 2D.

No, nobody is looking at it at present to my knowledge, though it has
been looked at in the past.  The problem for developers is obtaining
the funds, and for end-users is the cost and non-portability of
force feedback hardware.

Yes, I am interested in collaboration on access to 2D in general.

Cheers from Chiswick,

John
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>I hope I have the name of the technology right, it's the mouse which
>uses resistance to motion to convey existence of edges etc
>follow links from the embryonic
>www.feeltheweb.com
>to find out a bit.
>This seems as if it might have application in 2D graphics, currently
>much my biggest access difficulty at work.  Is anyone looking at this
>or similar technology? If not is there any interest in collaborating
>on such a thing?
>cheers
>Peter Rayner

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