New Experiences in VR
VR Researchers Have Basically Figured Out How to Simulate the Feel of Kisses
A modified VR headset can create the sensation of touch, either on a user's lips or even inside their mouths.
By Andrew Liszewski in Gizmodo
Without adding any hardware that actually makes contact with the wearer’s face, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group have modified an off-the-shelf virtual reality headset so that it recreates the sensation of touch in and around a user’s mouth, finally fulfilling virtual reality’s inevitable one true purpose.
Aside from handheld controllers that occasionally vibrate, most consumer-ready virtual reality devices ignore senses like taste, smell, and touch, and instead focus on visuals and sounds. It’s enough to make virtual reality experiences far more compelling than they were decades ago, but not enough to truly fool the brain into thinking that what your eyes are seeing is possibly a real-life experience. ... '
See also: https://www.figlab.com/research/2022/mouth-haptics
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