Jackets are primarily made to keep you as comfy and stylish. But is the sensation of a snake slithering through your body something that you want your jacket to have?Whether you like it or not, Disney Research, MIT Lab nd Carnegie Mellon University are pulling off a unique wearable- a conceptual haptic “force jacket” that simulates actual physical experience.
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This is not just about the reptile-slithering sensation though, it can simulate hugs,the sensation of being hit or punched , racing heartbeat, rain, snowball hiting chest,slime dripping on your back and much more.Disney wants you to have a VR experience to go along with the simulations of jacket to provide a more immersive experience. The three VR apps already developed have effects of a snowballfight game, a simulation of a snake crawling and a simulation of growing muscles.
The jacket holds in itself airbags with sensors that channels the force and vibrations to specific points on your body.The valve system inflates and deflates the air compartments. The jacket has a weight of about 5 pounds and is controlled by a software. The force, speed and duration of the inflation and deflation are controlled by the software. Carnegie Mellon wrote that, at this stage of the work, his goal is to develop core technology for the Force jacket, that will be enough for basic psychophysical assessment and to design and test and initial set of effects.
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