Oculus Files Patent For Tactile VR System

[Guest]

The system would allow VR experiences to provide more accurate tactile feedback without limiting your range of motion by using materials of varying rigidity depending on your body's flexibility.

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[Sakkura]

Wow, that hand is pretty photorealistic.

Interesting basic research Oculus has going on. But there's no telling when this might end up in an actual product.

 

[bloodroses]

I still don't get this. How can the government let companies patent ideas of stuff that already exists and has been out on the market before? It seems they're allowing everyone to patent just about anything out there anymore, including fire and the wheel....

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-australia/

 

[brandonclone1]

It looks like we're headed towards, "if you die in the game, you die in real life" haha

 

[alextheblue]

It looks like we're headed towards, "if you die in the game, you die in real life" haha

Preorder link where?? I LOVE hardcore mode!

I have often joked that if Sword Art Online was real, and if they released it in America... the server population would actually increase over time as long as they left sign-ups working. A bunch of people died? They were clearly noobs, sign me UP!

 

[cryoburner]

I'm pretty sure this is a new cow-milking system, where the cow lies on its back.

 

[Davil]

That picture looks like someone inflated a rubber glove... Sounds neat, although I still prefer the Vive way more.