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Disney’s Crazy Invention Lets You Feel Phantom Objects Floating In Air You know how Kinect lets you interact with virtual objects? A groundbreaking project called Aireal lets you feel them, too. Microsoft’s Kinect is an amazing device. It can track virtually any motion you make, allowing your real body to interact with an amazing invented world. There’s just one catch: You can’t actually feel anything. Aireal is the result of research by University of Illinois PhD student Rajinder Sodhi and Disney Reseach’s Ivan Poupyrev. When set by your television or connected to an iPad, this diminutive machine will puff air rings that allow you to actually feel objects and textures in midair--no special controllers or gloves required. Read Full Story fastcodesign/1673054/disneys-crazy-invention-lets-you-feel-phantom-objects-floating-in-air #Tech #Technology #News #Updates #Like #Follow #Comment
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:37:47 +0000

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