telepresence
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I Got Comfortably Rattled in Razer’s Prototype Haptic Gaming Cushion
Do we really need a full-body suit and massive VR headset like a reject Ready Player One concept to get immersed in our games? Razer is imagining haptics in a much more constrained—and more comfortable—fashion with a simple seat cushion stuffed with advanced rumble. Some gamers will do anything to increase immersion, but Razer’s concept…
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Disney’s New Telepresence Robot Is So Precise That It Can Be Used To Thread A Needle
The easiest way to make a robot as dexterous and capable as a human being is to simply let a human control it. That’s how Disney Research’s new telepresence robot works, but with improved hydraulics on board, it’s now capable of duplicating a human’s motions with remarkable precision — to the point where it can…
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Turn Your iPad Into A Sexy-Looking Telepresence Robot For $US2000
The world is a dangerous place. Full of stabby things with degenerates attached to them and illnesses that leap onto you thanks to an errant stranger’s cough on a train or bus. Blerg. If you’re afraid of the outside world like I am, then the sleek-looking telepresence robot powered by your iPad from Double Robotics’…
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$US500 iRobot Hack Lets You Be Two Places At Once
A hacker has put together a viable home-brew telepresence robot using easily available components that’s good enough (if not pretty enough) to rival much more expensive peers like Anybot’s QB. More than anything this suggests telepresence virtual working is an imminent phenomenon.