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Haptic: A Potential Solution
Hello, After watching Michael Abrash's OC2 keynote, my mind has been endlessly imagining solutions to these haptic problems both in the short and long term. I wanted to present these ideas in case ...
Nice, I wish I could do experiments like that..
Yeah, thin wires would definitely be needed to increase the resolution of the touch. Since the hands have more nerve endings, they can have a higher concentration of wires than other parts.
I like the pinching idea, although I wonder how that would affect the function of the annular pull. Actually, come to think of it... it's possible that the annular wires could just be replaced for pinching crosses altogether. The downside of the rings is that you feel the pressure all around the circumference, but if we had something more like a grid of tons of crosses, then we could more selectively target the position of the sensation. Brilliant suggestion!
As for fit/stretch..
If the wires aren't solid metal, then we might have more elasticity. Are there non-rigid materials that are conductive? I have to do more research...
But if that can't be done, the size of the suit would need to be pretty precise. I have a hunch that Oculus Rift 2 will have that body-scanning technology that's already in the works, and with that it may be possible to scan your precise body and have a suit mailed to you at just the right fit. :)
Making sure the suit doesn't overheat from the electricity is also something to overcome. In fact... all of these things depend heavily on constructing the perfect, elastic, conductive, low-heat-rate, constricting material. :? That's quite an order. Is there anything currently out there that does all this?
Yeah, thin wires would definitely be needed to increase the resolution of the touch. Since the hands have more nerve endings, they can have a higher concentration of wires than other parts.
I like the pinching idea, although I wonder how that would affect the function of the annular pull. Actually, come to think of it... it's possible that the annular wires could just be replaced for pinching crosses altogether. The downside of the rings is that you feel the pressure all around the circumference, but if we had something more like a grid of tons of crosses, then we could more selectively target the position of the sensation. Brilliant suggestion!
As for fit/stretch..
If the wires aren't solid metal, then we might have more elasticity. Are there non-rigid materials that are conductive? I have to do more research...
But if that can't be done, the size of the suit would need to be pretty precise. I have a hunch that Oculus Rift 2 will have that body-scanning technology that's already in the works, and with that it may be possible to scan your precise body and have a suit mailed to you at just the right fit. :)
Making sure the suit doesn't overheat from the electricity is also something to overcome. In fact... all of these things depend heavily on constructing the perfect, elastic, conductive, low-heat-rate, constricting material. :? That's quite an order. Is there anything currently out there that does all this?