# Stereotaxy

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**Stereotaxy** (from *[stereo](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stereo)* meaning "solidity", and *[tactile](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tactile)* meaning "touch") refers to any technique that involves the recording and reproduction of three-dimensional [haptic](/source/Haptic_perception) information or creating an illusion of depth to the sense of touch within an otherwise-flat surface. Unlike the current trend in [haptic technology](/source/Haptic_technology) to provide haptic perception of simulated, virtual objects within an [augmented-reality](/source/Augmented_reality) (that is, within a mostly-realistic) setting, stereohapty, which, when applied as a field of study, is known as **stereohaptics** or **stereotactics**, stereotaxy aims to provide an illusion of three-dimensional depth to the sense of touch by the human body. This resembles how [stereoscopy](/source/Stereoscopy), its visual counterpart, is meant to provide a visual illusion of depth to otherwise-flat images (such as [3-D films](/source/3-D_film)), a process known as [stereopsis](/source/Stereopsis).[1]

## See also

- [Stereotactic surgery](/source/Stereotactic_surgery)

## References

1. [Principles of Stereotaxy](https://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783709103425-c1.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-988258-p174025484). Chapter 2 of Ganz, J. Gamma Knife Neurosurgery, Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7091-0342-5

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