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Rendering 3D Haptic Shapes in Mid-Air using Ultrasound
- dang 12y agoUrl changed from http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/09/researchers-create-shapes-in-the-air-using-ultrasound http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/09/researchers-create-shapes-i..., which points to this.
- tunesmith 12y agoThat's pretty crazy. Given certain applications, you're pretty much creating actual items out of thin air. Like for instance, if you can create a screwdriver-shaped thingy that is "feelable" enough that you can actually turn a screw with it, then... you don't really need an actual screwdriver. Plus you can just make it disappear into thin air when you're done with it.
- logfromblammo 12y agoIt would only feel real to your fingers. You would still need some sort of hardware interface for the actual screw--a robotic dog, perhaps.
- sp332 12y agoIt doesn't apply much force. The video shows it barely deforming the surface of some water.
- mistercow 12y agoMore importantly, it presumably can't apply any torque.
- dmritard96 12y agothis plus magic leap could be pretty awesome for AR/VR
- patcon 12y agoWould be really interesting to combine with creative activities like this VR sculpting demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqFdSa5p7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqFdSa5p7w