Adding Touch to Virtual Reality (VR)

Ultrahaptics: Bringing the Sensation of Touch to Virtual Reality

Anthony Cuthbertson | February 24, 2015

A UK startup has developed tactile technology that allows users to "feel in mid air", which it hopes will have profound implications on the emerging field of virtual reality (VR).

"A new type of interface. What if you could feel without touching?" Source: http://ultrahaptics.com/

Bristol-based Ultrahaptics intends to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to creating a truly immersive experience by integrating the sensation of touch to the technology.

<more at http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ultrahaptics-bringing-sensation-touch-virtual-reality-1489289; related links: http://ultrahaptics.com/ (Ultrahaptics™) and http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/tech/ultrahaptics-tactile-feedback-mci/ (Devices with feeling: new tech creates buttons and shapes in mid-air. April 1, 2015)>