The next-generation VR glove will make virtual worlds tangible. Illustration: Herbert Shea, EPFL (2021)
The next-generation VR glove will make virtual worlds tangible. Illustration: Herbert Shea, EPFL (2021) - Together with EPFL and ETH Zurich colleagues, an Empa team is developing next-generation VR gloves that will make virtual worlds tangible. The glove is to be tailored to each user and capable of being produced largely automatically - using a 3D printing process. Research sometimes needs a sacrifice. Empa researcher Patrick Danner has just made one - and filmed it. "When I applied a good 2000 volts to the sample, it caught fire," he reports drily in the debriefing. The mishap is clearly visible in his cell phone video: First it smokes, then flames erupt from the experimentally created polymer.
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