So the person actually petting the dog, for example, will get some muffled interaction, while the person receiving the telehaptic will get some gross approximat

So the person actually petting the dog, for example, will get some muffled interaction, while the person receiving the telehaptic will get some gross approximation. Sounds pretty lame if you ask me. Why not model the touch response of the dog and just stimulate that without the need for the transmitter? The "real-time" aspect of this seems like a gimmick that could be achieved in better ways. EDIT: allowing myself to be open-minded, perhaps if the "tactile rendering" is good enough, you could somehow insulate it from the acquisition and have a fabric with both. This might make for a compelling device. Both you and anyone you share the touch with would feel roughly the same thing? Of course larger forces would be impossible, but you could play a very interesting game of Draw an Object on Your Back.