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There have been lots of haptic vest devices over the years, though the vast majority have been very simple.
Kinethreads aims to go further, serving as a full-body haptic suit using an innovative mechanical setup.
Kinethreads is effectively an exosuit, which mounts several motorized pulley systems to the wearer’s body.
The team notes applications such as simulating the weight of picking up a virtual object, creating the feeling of virtual “gravity,” or giving continuous dynamic feedback during a driving simulation.
As virtual worlds become a bigger part of our daily lives, expect ever more developments in these kinds of exosuit feedback systems.