The increased adoption of virtual reality is showing us peripherals that improve the user experience.
The first impact of technology when you try on sunglasses virtual realityhere you have one of our first experiences, it is almost comparable to the feeling of discover something for the first time, of not knowing what is happening or where you are. Over time, this innovative way of approaching the digital entertainment it settles inside you and this is where its shortcomings They are more than obvious. It’s time to give a step forward Y proposals like the one shown below are a great example of this.
The ultrasound system that will change the virtual experience for your lips, teeth and tongue
Of all the systems about which they are experiencedwith vibrating vests and gloves to be able to feel the touch of objects, we did not expect to find a device of the characteristics of the one presented, in a recent publication, by the researchers of the Carnegie Mellon University. If you ask the reason to focus on the mouth, lips Specifically, it should be understood that this body part is the second what more nerve density has, only surpassed by the tips of the fingers. This is where science begins.
The team behind the development of this curious peripheral have devised a ultrasound wave systemtransmitted by the air, which allow receive sensations on lips, teeth and tongue. The apparatus in question, in its prototype phase, is small and light to be able to be coupled without problems at glasses of virtual reality used by the user in question. The use of this device would allow obtaining a more immersive experienceas assured Vivian Shenstudent at the Institute of Robotics:
Imagine a virtual world that has a source of drinking water. Every time you lean over and think you should feel the water, you suddenly feel a stream of water running down your lips. It’s very cool. It makes the virtual experience more immersive.
However, as you can see in the video that we show you on the previous paragraph, the interaction with the environment is not limited to the water of a source, but can range from drops of rain, mud splashing you or insects crawling up your face The effect is achieved through transducerssome modules that are capable of generating multiple ultrasounds, and that combined enhance sensations.
This type of devices They only work properly on hands and lips, since the rest of the body parts do not have the necessary nerve receptors to reach an important sensation. The device used has 64 transducers attached to a support and connected to the virtual reality glasses. Between the 16 volunteers to test its benefits, all stressed that this device got better remarkably his virtual experience. The effects yes, they can not always be as accurate as they should be, as it states Vivian Shen:
Drinking water is a strange thing, because you feel the water but you don’t feel the moisture. The system is at the balance point between being really expressive and being affordable. With more work we could add new haptic effects to the catalog and make the device smaller and lighter.
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