Haptic devices might also increase online transactions as it
is possible to scan the behaviors of 3D objects in the
physical world and incorporated similar behavior into the
virtual objects [12]. Researchers have managed to produce
a measuring for the characteristics of different materials
and attach this information to the 3D models of the scanned
objects. These characteristics include deformation
response, contact textures and contact sounds. Using this
technology in combination with haptic devices that allows
users to feel virtual objects [17] may have a consequence
that the feeling of touching the fabric becomes
transmittable through the web and thus increase online
transactions.