Providing information to a user through somatosensory feedback

A method, comprising:

• receiving samples of a data signal, wherein the samples correspond to a window of time;
• transforming the samples from a time domain to a space domain to reduce a data rate of the samples, wherein the transformed samples are represented to a set of coefficients;
• compressing the set of coefficients representing the transformed samples to reduce a dimensionality of the transformed samples;
• and
• generating control signals for operating an array of tactile interface devices by mapping the compressed samples to one or more devices of the array of tactile interface devices.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code to perform the steps comprising:
• receiving samples of a data signal;
• transforming the samples from a time domain to a space domain to reduce a data rate of the samples;
• compressing the transformed samples to reduce a dimensionality of the transformed samples;
• and
• generating control signals for operating an array of tactile interface devices by mapping the compressed samples to individual devices of the array of tactile interface devices.