"Virtual body technology" lets users walk in someone else's shoes

Despite improvements in telepresence, most virtual “traveling” amounts to little more than staring at a screen and listening to headphones. In an effort to bring the other three sense to bear, the Ikei Laboratory at the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design is developing what it calls “virtual body technology.” Unveiled at the Digital Contents Expo 2012 in Tokyo last October, the system claims to use all five senses to provide an immersive virtual experience akin to inhabiting another person’s body... Continue Reading "Virtual body technology" lets users walk in someone else's shoes

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Telepresence, Tokyo Metropolitan University

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