From jamesbewriting: The next gen of games will be about more than picking up a controller as devs aim to seamlessly digitize our real-world interactions and blur the lines between where the physical world ends and where the digital world begins. GDC22
This haptic vest from Owo Games allows players to feel in-game sensations from hugs to gunshots while in virtual reality. Strapped into a tight-fitting simulation vest and donning a VR headset at the recent Game Developers Conference, I was first lulled with delicate hugs and touches. Then, suddenly, I was struck with imitation dagger wounds and gunshots as I tried to shoot down drones in a wild west-like atmosphere.
The effect all depends on the company’s $450 “haptic” vest, which places 10 gel patches on top of a person’s torso, back and arms. These patches contain high conductivity electrodes that send electrical impulses to the user’s muscles, causing them to contract. The experience is akin to electro muscle stimulation, a technology CEO Jose Fuertes Peña wanted to apply to video games.
“There’s no point of actually having an avatar and interacting physically if you can’t feel anything,” Garicano said. As a worker’s thumb furiously tapped his screen, I signed off on whether the highly-touted sensations were realistic enough for my liking. My body’s sudden jolts and twitches indicated that the immersive experience was working as intended.
Under normal circumstances, I would mutter profanities at my screen, but this was virtual reality and I had more confusion and adrenaline in my body than frustration.
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