Revel: Programming the Sense of Touch

REVEL is a new wearable tactile technology that modifies the user's tactile perception of the physical world. It can add a layer of artificial tactile texture to almost any surface or object, with very little if any instrumentation of the environment. As a result, REVEL can provide dynamic tactile sensations on touch screens as well as furniture, walls, wooden and plastic objects, and even human skin.

REVEL is based on Reverse Electrovibration. It injects a weak electrical signal into anywhere on the user's body, creating an oscillating electrical field around the user's skin. When sliding his or her fingers on a surface of the object, the user perceives highly distinctive tactile textures that augment the physical object. Varying the properties of the signal provides a wide range of tactile sensations.

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[xx2tallxx]

I like rusty spoons.

[juusov2]

Imagine what would happen if japanese game developers got their hands on this. xD

[musicprovocateur]

this is incredible stuff



[dave hg]

You know what this, there getting ready to plug us into the matrix. Virtual world will become touchable.

[myghay367]

I don't get it

[assasindonky]

everyone will look like they have down syndrom

[renkinjutsu01]

That last use case was the coolest.

[Douche Bag McQuack]

Tell me what's next, alien sex?

[Ryuuken24]

Get ready for a smudgy future!

[deaultusername]

This done by disney one of the more evil copyright law screwing over companys there. But even evil make good stuff sometimes. This has a lot of very non disney uses, hope china gets this and make it cheap.

[Tekinette]

Can I set it to make everything feel like sandpaper and put it in people's shoe soles ? That would be a selling point really.

[KhanRec0rdz]

Get out of here Salad fingers! :o