Digital device serves up a taste of virtual food
We're used to measuring our digital devices by how fast they are, how clear the sound is, how crisp the display is, how large the storage capacity is.
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News tagged with sensation
Hardware
Wireless, ultrathin 'skin VR' to provide a vivid, personalized touch experience in the virtual world
Enhancing the virtual experience with the touch sensation has become a hot topic, but today's haptic devices remain typically bulky and tangled with wires. A team led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers ...
Dec 15, 2022
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WeTac: A small, soft and ultrathin wireless electrotactile system
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets are becoming increasingly advanced, enabling increasingly engaging and immersive digital experiences. To make VR and AR experiences even more realistic, engineers have ...
Computer Sciences
Haptics device creates realistic virtual textures
Technology has allowed us to immerse ourselves in a world of sights and sounds from the comfort of our home, but there's something missing: touch.
May 21, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A soft and wireless haptic interface that can mechanically replicate sensations on the skin
Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies allow users to experience digital content in unique and immersive ways. These technologies primarily rely on the use of headsets, glasses ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
An ultra-thin tattoo that gives a tactile sensation
An ultra-thin wearable device capable of reproducing the localized sensation of touch had been developed at the Center for Materials Interfaces of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology, IIT), ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
'Floating food' invention could start new culinary craze
Floating food could be the next culinary craze thanks to a new invention that levitates, transports and delivers food and drink directly onto your tongue.
Oct 17, 2017
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Robotics
To be fully immersive, sources of haptic stimulation in VR apps need to be shown, researchers find
A team of researchers at Microsoft has found that for physical stimulation techniques to work as hoped in virtual reality applications, the user needs to be shown the source of the stimulation. If they are not the group notes ...
Engineering
Wireless, soft e-skin for interactive touch communication in the virtual world
Sensing a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future. A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently developed a wireless, soft e-skin that can both detect and deliver ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Engineering
Researchers develop technology that uses pulses to send messages through the skin
Purdue University researchers have developed a method of sending messages in English by using vibrations on a person's skin.
Sep 5, 2018
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