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Hapkit - a force-feedback virtual drum

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Uploaded by on Jan 11, 2008

A haptic force feedback device that simulates the feel of a drum. Was designed as part of my MEng in Cybernetics at the University of Reading.
The switch held in the left hand is used to turn the virtual drum upside down (and also increases the pitch of the drum)

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Uploader Comments (peterdbennett)

  • That's truly incredible... Does it feel like a real drum?

  • Almost. It's a little bit softer, but you get the same amount of force back as a real drum. Also you can feel the vibrations on the skin in the same way as a real drum.

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  • becuase this could be developed to virtual reality drumming? =P

  • Sweet. Harmonix might try to snatch up your idea for rock band 2 if you're not careful :P

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  • ...the sound was just a sine wave with an amplitude envelope (running in matlab's simulink)... dead easy to make in any audio program!

  • What was the audio source? I am looking to synthesize the same sound if possible.

  • I FUCKING LOVE THE SOUND!!

  • Check RHYTHMTANDEM for another drum invention.

  • scalability and adaptability. just THINK.

  • potentiometer would make a cool WAHHHH WAHHHHHH sound im sure if you added one into the device. maybe if you top'd out the pot w/ a recitifer could trigger a capacitor drain to give the wahhhh sound a fade? short on characters to explain more. but great work! 5 stars!

  • nice one. like it

    i was gunna go 2 reading. not now though.

    question, when i went 2 the open day, there was a thing where u could put ur thumb and for fingure in a hold, and move them to pick up virtual objects on a screen. objects would feel solid virtually. any idea if there is a video of that on here? send a PM if you could. cheers

  • Lol, I'm all for Technology, I don't see why my COmment was maked as Spam, when it was an Opinion related to the Video... Anyway, I DO like this.

  • well done, makes me wanna attend the university of reading nw :P

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