This repository contains experimental data for the ACM KUI '24 full paper "MorphoHaptics: An Open-Source Tool for Visuohaptic Exploration of Morphological Image Datasets"
Although digital methods have significantly advanced morphology, practitioners are still challenged to understand and process tomographic specimen data. As automated processing of fossil data remains insufficient, morphologists still engage in intensive manual work to prepare digital fossils for research objectives. We present an open-source tool that enables morphologists to explore tomographic data similarly to the physical workflows that traditional fossil preparators experience in the field. We assessed the usability of our prototype for virtual fossil preparation and its accompanying tasks in the digital preparation workflow. Our findings indicate that integrating haptics into the virtual preparation workflow enhances the understanding of the morphology and material properties of working specimens. Our design's visuohaptic sculpting of fossil volumes was deemed straightforward and an improvement over current tomographic data processing methods.
The paper is in press, but its preprint is available on arXiv.
The contained "source code" of this work is made available under the terms of GNU GPLv3.
This C++ contribution was created in Visual Studio 2022 and leverages the Chai3D Framework, included in the repository.
Use CMake 3.16 or above to Generate the VS 2022 Project:
cmake -S . -B . -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
Build:
cmake --build . --config Release
Open MorphoHaptics.sln in Visual Studio 2022 and build it. The software was tested for haptic rendering using a 3DSystems Touch and a Novint Falcon on Windows 10.
The author acknowledges the support of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material« funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2025 – 390648296.
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