Haptic devices, providing tactile or force effects to the user, are becoming a common way of interaction in several fields of applications. Some efforts have been done to enhance Web applications interfaces with haptics. Aim of this paper is to show the current state of the art in this area, pointing out benefits and issues of the integration of haptics.

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PrePrint: Integrating Haptics in Web Interfaces: State of the Art and Open Issues

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