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3D display could soon bring touch to the digital world

42 points by curiousObject 3y ago

whycome 3y ago
These articles should really just come out and say the obvious: these could be used to augment sexual experiences. Is our future AI generated visuals and audio via VR goggles while under “3D touch” blankets? UnderCover: “Bringing the Digital to the Digital”
- rsynnott 3y ago
  … I mean, unlikely. For some people, perhaps, but I’d imagine it would always be very niche. Most people would presumably just, well, have sex.
hliyan 3y ago
This seems extremely rudimentary. I was hoping for at least some sort of high resolution pinscreen [1] technology with actuators, with a pixel at the top of each pin. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuir24PLt-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuir24PLt-8
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fallat 3y ago
Easier alternative is manipulate the nervous system, i.e. extremely low power shocks, like how real life works. Or pneumatics.
Pulcinella 3y ago
Seems lower resolution than the MIT Media Lab Inform project from years and years ago. https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/ https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/
- tayistay 3y ago
  From the paper [1]: > However, these existing approaches typically face multiple drawbacks which limit their proposed applications, including (i) surface discontinuities Which cites the MIT inFORM project (3 in the references). [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39842-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39842-2
mgrund 3y ago
Saw similar tech at Microsoft a decade ago. Use case I saw was to raise buttons on software keyboards. Here’s an article on the patent from 2010: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/microsoft-patents-bumpy-touchscreen/9fq3473e9 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/microsoft-patents-bumpy-...
- ncr100 3y ago
  Clippy: "Are you excited to see me?" [Button raises] . . . Still could be worth implementing, for switching major modes in apps. E.g. when browsing one may not need the alphanumeric keys, until a textfield is highlighted.

42 points by curiousObject 3y ago

These articles should really just come out and say the obvious: these could be used to augment sexual experiences. Is our future AI generated visuals and audio via VR goggles while under “3D touch” blankets? UnderCover: “Bringing the Digital to the Digital”

rsynnott 3y ago
… I mean, unlikely. For some people, perhaps, but I’d imagine it would always be very niche. Most people would presumably just, well, have sex.

hliyan 3y ago

This seems extremely rudimentary. I was hoping for at least some sort of high resolution pinscreen [1] technology with actuators, with a pixel at the top of each pin. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuir24PLt-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuir24PLt-8

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fallat 3y ago

Easier alternative is manipulate the nervous system, i.e. extremely low power shocks, like how real life works. Or pneumatics.

Pulcinella 3y ago

Seems lower resolution than the MIT Media Lab Inform project from years and years ago. https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/ https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/

tayistay 3y ago
From the paper [1]: > However, these existing approaches typically face multiple drawbacks which limit their proposed applications, including (i) surface discontinuities Which cites the MIT inFORM project (3 in the references). [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39842-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39842-2

mgrund 3y ago

Saw similar tech at Microsoft a decade ago. Use case I saw was to raise buttons on software keyboards. Here’s an article on the patent from 2010: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/microsoft-patents-bumpy-touchscreen/9fq3473e9 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/microsoft-patents-bumpy-...

ncr100 3y ago
Clippy: "Are you excited to see me?" [Button raises] . . . Still could be worth implementing, for switching major modes in apps. E.g. when browsing one may not need the alphanumeric keys, until a textfield is highlighted.