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Brian Kappus (@ultraleap) on midair #haptics for automotive & I feel like I've been hearing about this for a while now. Found the midair stuff really underwhelming standing still concentrating bwithout the vibration of a car at 70 miles an hour. #SmartHaptics
Requires a 256 transducer array mounted in the center console, that thing is getting sooo much coffee spilled on it
(very common use of the singular 'haptic' here, as in "interacting with the haptic", as in a single haptic element)
At next week's @SHaptics conf in Seattle, I'm joining the @HapticsClub podcast crew for a live-on-stage episode looking back at predictions made by their guests about the future of #haptics. To prep, I'm reviewing predictions, will share some thoughts in this thread (1/n).
Tagging @EricVezzoli & @ChickTech in here to do the same, we've got 33 episodes to tear through between us, so buckle up. 1st on my list is @shorlydan on sex tech & wow I got tiny vacuum sucked into listening to this whole thing, fascinating (2/n). podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…
Dan's answer starts off with a discussion of the ongoing stigmatization of sex tech by #haptics community/industry, true since field's inception & unfortunately continues today. Worth noting: the RealTouch inventor worked as a product dev for Immersion Corp (3/n)
🤖 Is this the first AI x AR x Haptics IG filter?
📚 I spent this weekend learning @metaspark from scratch to create this “Augmented Flyer” filter.
I received inspiration & feedback from friends like @DonAllenIII and @Enuriru, and even included a soundtrack from @guskamp!
🧵🧵
📚 I spent this weekend learning @metaspark from scratch to create this “Augmented Flyer” filter.
I received inspiration & feedback from friends like @DonAllenIII and @Enuriru, and even included a soundtrack from @guskamp!
🧵🧵
ℹ️ Let’s break it down:
• The experience starts with a scan of your surrounding (playing an ambient sound)
• Once your phone finds a flat surface (floor or wall), a grid appears, allowing you to tap anywhere to place the flyer
• The experience starts with a scan of your surrounding (playing an ambient sound)
• Once your phone finds a flat surface (floor or wall), a grid appears, allowing you to tap anywhere to place the flyer
• Taping on the screen triggers my signature sound & a short vibration
• You can use two fingers to rotate the flyer (and it will trigger a custom haptic feedback via a script that I wrote)
• Once placed, the flyer plays an animation (multiple images generated with @OpenAI).
• You can use two fingers to rotate the flyer (and it will trigger a custom haptic feedback via a script that I wrote)
• Once placed, the flyer plays an animation (multiple images generated with @OpenAI).
OK, at this point, Immersion (@HapticsDev) has sued every digital tech company *except* FB so I guess this was kinda inevitable... businesswire.com/news/home/2022…
It's kinda sad to see this company drop any pretense of actually trying to build/develop anything themselves...they basically exist to leverage their patent portfolio at this stage...
CEO basically admitted as much in latest earnings report:
"We are laser-focused on ensuring our relevant intellectual property for the AR/VR/metaverse market is recognized, either through the execution of licenses or by proactive enforcement."
"We are laser-focused on ensuring our relevant intellectual property for the AR/VR/metaverse market is recognized, either through the execution of licenses or by proactive enforcement."
.@elizejackson's 'disability dongle' has been v helpful for me in thinking about haptics/accessibility tech. Expanded treatment here w/@FractalEcho & @alexhaagaard is brilliant & required reading for anyone promoting digital 'fixes' for disability.
blog.castac.org/2022/04/disabi…
blog.castac.org/2022/04/disabi…
And as a bonus: one of their exs in the piece is foot haptics/haptic feetback/haptic shoes, consistently pushed as navigational aids for blind and low-vision people, despite their repeated failures to provide practical advantages over canes.
"This is another characteristic of the Disability Dongle: a cycle of repetition and replication that traps our collective imagination in a designerly Groundhog Day, as the same thing is invented for the first time over and over again."
#Robots need a better sense of touch to become dexterous.
We work on fixing this with our new sensor: “Insight” -- it uses a tiny camera and deep learning to enable high-fidelity sensing all-around with normal and shear forces.
Out today: nature.com/articles/s4225…
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We work on fixing this with our new sensor: “Insight” -- it uses a tiny camera and deep learning to enable high-fidelity sensing all-around with normal and shear forces.
Out today: nature.com/articles/s4225…
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I am super proud of the rest of the team @huanbo_sun and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker.
We set out to create a high-fidelity 3D tactile sensor that is robust, cheap, and easy to make.
Here is a 4-min video explaining how it works:
more below
I am super proud of the rest of the team @huanbo_sun and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker.
We set out to create a high-fidelity 3D tactile sensor that is robust, cheap, and easy to make.
Here is a 4-min video explaining how it works:
more below
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So here are a few details:
The mechanical design is pretty unique: we use a soft elastomer that encloses a rigid thin skeleton.
-> it can withstand strong forces
-> it is very sensitive
-> surface has high friction
#Haptics #Elastomer #Overmolding
So here are a few details:
The mechanical design is pretty unique: we use a soft elastomer that encloses a rigid thin skeleton.
-> it can withstand strong forces
-> it is very sensitive
-> surface has high friction
#Haptics #Elastomer #Overmolding
