By using Wiimotes for handtracking, and ultrasounds (you'll see for what), now you can actually "feel" those holograms!
Would you like to know more?
- Takayuki Iwamoto, Mari Tatezono, Takayuki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Shinoda, "Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display," SIGGRAPH 2008 New Tech Demos, Aug., 2008. [PDF]
- Takayuki Iwamoto, Mari Tatezono, and Hiroyuki Shinoda, "Non-Contact Method for Producing Tactile Sensation Using Airborne Ultrasound," Proc. EuroHaptics 2008, LNCS 5024, pp. 504-513, June, 2008. [PDF]
Author: Asterisk, for AZ10.com ~ 7 Aug 2009
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