METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FORCE FEEDBACK OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

An internet network force feedback system (10) which includes a server machine (18), a client machine (14) provided with the force feedback device (24), and one or more additional client machines (16) each of which may be provided with additional force feedback devices (26). The server machine is a computer or processor running TCP/IP server software and is connected to the Internet Client machine (14) runs internet browser software. The force feedback device (24) has sensors and actuators to monitor the input of the user and transmit the input to the client and receive response from the client and provide the force feedback sensations to the user.