VR + Touch sense b/w users
While reading some of the posts regarding muscle/hand stimulation in wearables, the thought crossed my mind: what if VR (which has become more and more popular and cheaper) incorporated touch /feel. To give a bit of background info, new sensors are coming out this year that incorporate hand movement and I'm sure full body movement isn't far off if it's not already in developement:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/17/11021214/leap-motion-hand-tracker-virtual-reality-orion-mobile-vr
Now say you've got a full body motion tracking over VR. Could it be possible to link sensory i/o between users over VR connection?
I.E you could plug into a VR and once online you could either "touch" other users or on a more advanced level of sensory feedback, let them feel through your senses. The last idea may require a more complicated device interfaced with the VR (I'm not sure how you could transmit pain in your muscles , for e
xample, into a sensory signal through the VR to a recipient).
Anyone with any solid ideas on how this could work?
Edit: tesla studios is working on full body haptic feedback, so similar to a TENS unit but for the whole body: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/06/teslasuit-haptic-vr/
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/17/11021214/leap-motion-hand-tracker-virtual-reality-orion-mobile-vr
Now say you've got a full body motion tracking over VR. Could it be possible to link sensory i/o between users over VR connection?
I.E you could plug into a VR and once online you could either "touch" other users or on a more advanced level of sensory feedback, let them feel through your senses. The last idea may require a more complicated device interfaced with the VR (I'm not sure how you could transmit pain in your muscles , for e
xample, into a sensory signal through the VR to a recipient).
Anyone with any solid ideas on how this could work?
Edit: tesla studios is working on full body haptic feedback, so similar to a TENS unit but for the whole body: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/06/teslasuit-haptic-vr/
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