Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University Future Interfaces group at the University of Pennsylvania have modified a virtual reality headset so that it can simulate the feeling of a kiss, among other things.

The system recreates the tactile sensation in and around the user’s mouth so that they experience different sensations. The researchers installed VR glasses with an ultrasonic transfer array that focused on the mouth of the train. The helmet works without the need for additional accessories.

Adapters can emulate different types of movements and pressures that vary in magnitude and intensity. They can restore the feeling of an object that glides or glides on the lips and even imitates a fountain of water on the lips.

This haptic device can be used in a variety of scenarios. Just as it allows you to recreate the feeling of a kiss, it can be used in the context of a video game or a virtual horror movie in which you feel like spiders walking on your face, as shown in the institutional video. Or you can create software that will replicate the feeling of grinding your teeth.

At the same time, Can be implemented to create a virtual gastronomic experience, Whereas the consumer can feel how food or drink enters the oral cavity.

Researchers have even made demonstrations in which the consumer Feel the force of the wind on your lips as you virtually walk on the road, on top of a motorcycle. There is even an experience that restores the feeling of smoking and smoking in the mouth of a cigarette.

There may be as many uses as you can imagine, but the truth is that the ability to use this technology to test a virtual kiss is probably one of the most exciting. And remember other events that try to achieve the same. This is the case with Kissenger, a phone case that simulates a kiss.

The case is made on the basis of silicone and works with the application. Both users need to download the platform to their mobile phone and have the support that integrates sensors that can measure the strength of the lips during a kiss. This information is sent to the app, which transmits the information to the app installed on another user’s mobile phone. This way you experience a virtual kiss. The way to limit the distance in love and “overcome” other forms of flirting.

This product, which was introduced in 2016, was developed by Adrian David CheokWho originally created a silicone head with lips that evolved before giving way to this much more practical and portable gadget.

Over time, it has continued to evolve with its development and has changed not only the aesthetics but also added more technology to achieve a more realistic effect. The product is smaller today and multiplies the haptic sensations at different points on the user’s lips.

“We have designed a series of strategically placed linear micro-activators on the input surface to replicate the forces and movements of human lips during a kiss,” the developers said in a 2019 statement.

It should be noted that tactile and vibrational stimulation are used in various haptic systems such as video game controllers or joysticks. As well as in chairs and other products. What is interesting about these two mentioned products is that they try to use this information, with encrypted patterns, to recreate more realistic feelings with just as much human and intimate action as a kiss.. Will it become the norm for remote relationships? Time will show us.

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