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Research Article

CoTacs: A Haptic Toolkit to Explore Effective On-Body Haptic Feedback by Ideating, Designing, Evaluating and Refining Haptic Designs Using Group Collaboration

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Received 28 Feb 2024, Accepted 17 May 2024, Published online: 07 Jun 2024

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