ImmersiveTech Explains - Haptic Devices

What are haptic devices? Haptics is commonly referred to as the ability to interact with a virtual environment through physical contact, such as receiving sensations associated with what is going on in the virtual world through touch. There are two types of feedback. Tactile and kinesthetic. The first major breakthrough in Haptics technology came in 1993 when MIT's AI laboratory created a device that made it possible for a person to feel a virtual object.

Since then Haptics technology has been making their appearance in everyday products such as smart phones that vibrate when touched. Haptic devices are even being merged with other fields of immersive technology. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have managed to combine Haptics with augmented reality with the creation of a hologram that can be paired with a tactile feedback system to give the user a physical feeling of the holographic object What's more amazing is that it requires no special equipment, just your bare hands. Check out our video and see for yourself!

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[@ayeshajena431]

Watching it after 10 years and realizing all the technology exists now

[@oimrqs1691]

That is hard XD Create something that's not HUGE to make us "feel" things will take a long time... or not :D We never know when amazing things will happen.

[@SupaBlank]

Been rolling this tech for a long time, wish the progress rate was alittle quicker I'd help out, but my knowledge base on coding is meh at best.