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P.2 Discuss if there are any differences in usefulness for visually impaired users of the different haptic displays (GALLERY, undated). The usefulness may vary for different kinds of tasks, such as getting web accessibility, reading 2D graphics, and identifying virtual 3D objects and their properties (shape, texture, hardness, weight).

P.3 As discussed in the text, getting spatially distributed information to the contact areas of the haptic displays is the most important way of improving their functioning for identification of virtual objects. Search on the Web for suitable solutions for this requirement. Observe that even if equidistant pins may be a solution in the right direction, technology that would allow varying distances between sensation points probably is a still better solution, as stimulus variables such as texture gradients important for depth perception would be possible.

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