VR Research Project Uses Electrical Impulses For Controller-Free Haptic Feedback
We might not be able to plug into our brains and jump into the Matrix just yet, but researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam have come up with a way to use the rest of the body to make current VR systems that much more immersive.
The research team recently revealed the above video, in which a prototype kit uses electrical muscle stimulation along a user’s arms to… See More
create what it claims is realistic haptic feedback without the need for a controller. It creates counterforce in the user’s hands when they touch objects in VR and simulates weight by actuating specific muscles. To create tension in a user’s bicep as they lift a heavy object, for example, the system actuates the triceps.
You can see the results in the video above and, although we haven’t tried the system for ourselves, it looks promising. Touching an electric wall causes the user’s hand to jolt backwards, while pushing objects requires heft and force we’re not used to applying inside the virtual world.
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1 step closer to full immersion
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innovation is happening
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Nice. Have to incorporate the walking to walking in place to save on space...
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Wow! Nothing like being fully in the game!
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Looks really awesome, but could this also damage your body?
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Welp! I knew this day would eventually come... *puts on the Cloak of Midnight* I am ready for SAO!
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That would be nice having our whole body into the game.
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Vr has come a long way... I member my old video card had a vr style thing to it. back ages ago...
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