Showing posts with label telepresence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label telepresence. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Technology 'Virtual Body' gets you into the body of another person

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The telepresence system goes a step beyond the odd you've seen it directly puts you in the shoes of another person, as if you had somehow 'possessed in spirit' or whatever you see. The experience should be pretty strange judging by what they say and what you see in the video, to begin around you a virtual reality system based on multiple sensors that isolate you to some extent the world around you. These sensors include a 3D viewer that provides you with images, vibration systems to provide tactile sensations in various parts of the body including the soles of the feet, throwing systems directly to your nose smells, headphones and even a fan to simulate wind and currents air. Literally 'hijack' your five senses, although it is unclear how to apply the taste.

With this system you can feel you are in places where you've never been.

From here begins the experience where you are immersed in the experience of another person through various stimuli. You can see walking down the street feeling the pressure of the soil on your shoes, surround sound listening, receiving and perceiving smells the breeze on your face.

So far it is a passive system, meaning that you just receive a series of pre-recorded feelings but the system seems ideal to feel in faraway places through tele-presence robots that could be controlled by remote control.