A new Virtual Reality System that simulates walls by shocking the users’ muscles has been developed by researchers.
The system uses electrical muscle stimulation to recreate the sensation of encountering a wall.
The technology, which has been used for physical therapy and exercise stimulation, uses electrodes placed on the users’ arms, giving them a small electrical shock to make them feel like they’re touching a wall.
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The technology, which has been used for physical therapy and exercise stimulation, uses electrodes placed on the users’ arms, giving them a small electrical shock to make them feel like they’re touching a wall
The system, developed by researchers from the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, was unveiled at the 2017 Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI) conference in Denver, Colorado.
The researchers had participants wear an Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) system which was installed in a backpack.
The EMS system is controlled by a VR simulator which works with Samsung GearVR – with trackers attached to the hands and a movement capture system.
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Source: DailyMail UK