Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Disney's Aireal lets you feel the imaginary

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Nearby, a computer image of a butterfly slowly moves its wings, causing the leaf it's perched on to sway. As you reach out, the projection flutters and jumps onto your hand. You feel something touch you, and as you lift your hand to see what's happening you feel it moving up your arm. The technology that makes this illusion possible is called Aireal and Disney Research is showing it off at the Siggraph conference in Anaheim. The new haptic technology promises to let people interact with imaginary objects, rendered out of thin air.


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