Imagine you could teleport yourself to another place, for example to look around, control a robot and feel what the machine feels through its sensors.
That future is closer to reality than you may think, as CEA researcher Greg Ameyugo demonstrates in his lively DLD24 talk about recent advancements in telepresence.
Wearing a device he calls “my Mandarin hand”, Ameyugo explains how sensors, actuators and high-speed Internet connections can give the wearer realistic haptic feedback.
“My Mandarin hand allows me to caress. It allows me to touch. It allows me to grab and squeeze objects”, Ameyugo says. “Whether or not they are here – and whether or not they are real.”
The human-machine interface was developed for both virtual reality and telepresence, he explains.
Watch the video to find out how this fascinating technology works and all the things it can make possible.
