Even though the Oculus Rift has gotten a lot of press lately (rightly so), HUD VR interfaces are hardly new. It does use some modernish tech that wasnt around when the Virtual Boy came out, but the underlying concept isnt all that different. (The Rifts bones are in the DIY maker/hacker space, so it favors accessibility over bleeding edge tech). No, the challenge of true VR has always been haptics; its easy to fool the eyes and ears, but how do you fool the rest of the body? You still have to build a suit of some sort that simulates forces, to make you not just see an object that doesnt exist, but to actually feel it. This is a really cool take on the problem.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:48:46 +0000
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