HapSeat

[brantlew]

Good timing - shortly after Neil announces the Novint Falcon prize, this little gizmo comes up - a cheap haptic motion simulator chair powered by (you guessed it) Falcons. Don't know how well it would work but seems interesting at least.

Article and paper:

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepe ... lator.html

http://people.rennes.inria.fr/Anatole.L ... st2012.pdf

[RoadKillGrill]

I'm confused, I only glanced over it but it doesn't looks like the seat actually moves, the head and hands do?

From the topic name I was thinking this was going to be a product related to the ButtKicker. :p

[brantlew]

Apparently, just moving your arms up and down and your head forward and back can give you "some" sensation of motion.

[WiredEarp]

That is very similar to that $5000 chair that someone posted in another thread, that moves panels etc to force you left, right, etc. Basically, pushes against your body...