Disney's air-based force-feedback technology

Posted on: Sun, 07/21/2013 - 00:40 By: Tom Swiss

It's well known that I loathe The Mouse. But credit where credit is due -- if it actually works as depicted here, this is pretty damn cool.

Disney Creates New Mid-Air Haptic Technology - Slashdot

An anonymous reader sends word of a new technology from Disney called AIREAL, featured at this year's SIGGRAPH 2013 conference in Anaheim, CA. It's designed to give tactile sensations to people who are using motion control devices. The device can track a target, like a user's hand, and send a compressed ring of air quickly through the intervening space to provide haptic feedback.