Virtual reality can hit and burn

Engineers have developed several new gadgets that will be an excellent addition to the head-mounted display.

One of them - браслет Impacto , created in the laboratory Human-Computer Interaction in the Institute. Hasso Plattner (Germany). Bracelet combines the tactile feedback (vibration on the skin) and myostimulator for electrical muscle stimulation via electrodes.

Connecting to a computer with the application of virtual reality, the bracelet sends hand blows from virtual reality. It is an indispensable gadget, such as fighting game and simulation boxing.

Scientists believe that these bracelets can be worn on the feet in the simulators football and other sports. However, it is a bit questionable assumption. Imagine that your leg muscles have reduced arbitrarily, in accordance with developments in the computer game. For example, your character quickly rushes on the wing, but suddenly side-foot jumps back: a rough tackle - the muscles contract and you fall to the floor of his apartment. So because you can break a bone, and not in the game and in the real world.



So far, the band strikes realistically conveys no more than 200 milliseconds, but the developers promise to find a way to pass a longer exposure to the body. For example, long-term friction of the fence in the simulator car racing, if the pilot does not fit into the rotation.

Bracelet Impacto - very specific gadget. Also punch and kicked it to use too much nowhere. But it's a nice addition to a set of wearable electronics, which passes into the body of the impact of various actions on the objects of virtual reality. It is important here for the tactile feedback is not used by some engines with batteries as other gadgets, so the bracelets come out quite compact.

Another device of this set - gloves Power Claw , which transfer heat and cold objects in virtual reality. Vivoxie Mexican company is already taking pre-orders on them for $ 358. The demonstration of the prototype took place recently at the fair Gamescom 2015 in Germany.







As Bracelet, gloves Power Claw is also compatible with a head-mounted display Oculus Rift. The device generates a feeling of heat, cold, vibration, and transmits the texture of objects to which a person touches inside the virtual world.

Thanks to the three actuators detect finger gestures and suitable for use in more traditional interfaces. The developers believe that the gloves are suitable not only for games, but for many other applications, including educational, medical, engineering, etc.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/265686/