AIST Brings Feeling of Reality into Virtual Reality - Video Report.Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - 3D images and virtual reality games have been seen before but not many of them have been felt. AIST AIST Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) AIST National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) AIST Association for Iron & Steel Technology is bringing the feeling of reality into Virtual reality with its haptic interface that pushes, and pulls the user. The system creates the sensation through the acceleration and phase difference of eccentrically weighted rotors. When used with a virtual object, sensors are required to relate the object, the motion of the hand, and the feedback sensation. Most haptic haptic /hap·tic/ (hap´tik) tactile. hap·tic adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile. haptic tactile. systems for virtual reality experiences have been stylus-based, but AIST's design fits a person's fingertip fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. . Besides video games and virtual reality experiences, this system can be used to train surgeons for invasive surgery and other procedures. View the Video Report, http://movie.diginfo.tv/2007/07/09/07-0082-gm.php JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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