Force Feedback

[Lookforyourhands]

This looks like it could potentially be something useful for VR type applications !
Really cool!

Force feedback system that uses electrodes and your own muscles !
Video on the page..

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/mob ... t-2013024/

[geekmaster]

This looks like it could potentially be something useful for VR type applications !
Really cool!

Force feedback system that uses electrodes and your own muscles !
Video on the page..

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/mob ... t-2013024/

This is already being discussed in another active thread dedicated to this topic:
http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=16298

[virror]

Sounds pretty easy to make yourself, interesting...

[TitanClash]

A while back I managed to get a bunch of those 'electric exercise belts' which stimulate your muscles with electricity for a few bucks each. As far as how effective this might be for force-feedback in games... I'm not sure. It might be counter-productive for immersion. Light or strong, when electric muscle stimulation kicks in you KNOW what's happening very acutely. It's hard to imagine being able to translate what that sensation feels like onto anything on screen -- if anything, it would pull me out of the 'zone' immediately each time it kicked in