Proceedings of the 2008 Ambi-Sys workshop on Haptic user interfaces in ambient media systems

The role of haptics as a non-intrusive communication modality is a relatively rich yet unexplored research area. However, the advent of sophisticated haptic interfaces and tangible interfaces makes it possible to employ haptics in facilitating ubiquitous and veridical interactions between man and machine. This facet of the haptic user interfaces uniquely suits ambient media systems that allow levels of ease and access previously never achieved by user interfaces. This workshop will explore the design, development and evaluation of haptic user interfaces for ambient media systems.