Accuracy of unidimensional compensatory tracking was compared for a visual and a vibrotactile display. Error was 2½ times greater with the vibrotactile display which was estimated to have a gain 1/5 that of the visual display. Equalizing the gains would be expected to make the dynamic range of the vibrotactile display considerably smaller than that of the visual display.
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