• Ultrasound Used To Create 3D Shapes In Mid Air That Can Be Seen And Felt
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Ultrasound Used To Create 3D Shapes In Mid Air That Can Be Seen And Felt [video=youtube;kaoO5cY1aHk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoO5cY1aHk[/video] [url]http://www.cnet.com/news/ultrasound-creates-a-haptic-shape-that-can-be-seen-and-felt/[/url] [url]http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2014/december/haptic-shapes-using-ultrasound.html[/url] [url]http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2661229.2661257[/url] More Information in the various sources. [QUOTE]There are lots of potential uses for mid-air haptics; gaming immediately springs to mind -- imagine if you could feel a physical ball while playing with the Kinect for instance. User interfaces for a variety of technologies would be another -- particularly if it was combined with holographic visuals, Iron Man-style. And there are some pretty interesting potential uses for medical technology -- such as being able to feel around inside a 3D model of a CT scan to touch a tumour, for example. A new method of haptic feedback has been invented by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol's Department of Computer Science. Rather than puffs of air -- as developed by Disney Research -- it uses a technology usually used for imaging, for visualising the unseen: ultrasound. It's also possible to focus complex patterns of ultrasound in such a way as to cause air disturbance. It is this property of ultrasound that the researchers have tapped to create 3D haptic shapes in mid-air -- users can feel those air disturbances on the skin. Moreover, those patterns can be formed into 3D shapes.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]"Touchable holograms, immersive virtual reality that you can feel and complex touchable controls in free space, are all possible ways of using this system," said study leader Dr Ben Long. "In the future, people could feel holograms of objects that would not otherwise be touchable, such as feeling the differences between materials in a CT scan or understanding the shapes of artefacts in a museum."[/QUOTE]
Stick your dick in it.
holy shit.
THE FUTURE IS NOW!
now i'll finally be able to caress my waifu
Dogs are gonna hate this.
[QUOTE=kaskade700;46632910]Dogs are gonna hate this.[/QUOTE] And bats.
Just imagine holographic sound-made keyboards. And big, remote-tactile presentation screens. Imagine three hundred students being able to remotely sense a presentation in a lecture hall. This is so cool.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;46632999']And bats.[/QUOTE] I wonder if strategically positioned ultrasound generators could be used to keep bats (or dogs) away from certain places. Could be used in regions where there is a high population of bats with rabies.
It will be interesting to see how this new technology folds out
[QUOTE=sltungle;46633779]I wonder if strategically positioned ultrasound generators could be used to keep bats (or dogs) away from certain places. Could be used in regions where there is a high population of bats with rabies.[/QUOTE] making a literal wall of sound
Mother of god - this is awesome
If they Soundwaves then how can we see them? I doubt they aupersonic shit
[QUOTE=EcksDee;46635036]If they Soundwaves then how can we see them? I doubt they aupersonic shit[/QUOTE] You can't see ultrasound, but with this you can feel it. Ideally you would combine it with some sort of visual representation, like a hologram or projector.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;46635101]You can't see ultrasound, but with this you can feel it. Ideally you would combine it with some sort of visual representation, like a hologram or projector.[/QUOTE] ...or dust.
Imagine using this in combination with a true hologram, for a tactile force-feedback experience. Like, when Tony Stark grabs and flings around his little 3D objects at his lab, what if you could vaguely FEEL that shit?
They call it a phased transducer array. Literally star trek.
Where does the "can be seen" in the title come from?
Developed in my Hometown of Bristol. Good Ol Bristolians.
boobs lol
[QUOTE=RobbL;46635988]Where does the "can be seen" in the title come from?[/QUOTE] read the article [QUOTE] By itself, of course, it can't be seen -- but the team has used a container of oil to show how the shapes work. In the video below, you can see the array directed at the oil, creating a variety of shapes. This is what the team means when they say the haptics can be "seen". It wouldn't, of course, exist by itself, either: the team envisions its use in concert with a display, such as a holographic display -- if or when that technology arrives. [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=RobbL;46635988]Where does the "can be seen" in the title come from?[/QUOTE] It's used in the clickbait sense.
[QUOTE=FlakAttack;46635101]You can't see ultrasound, but with this you can feel it. Ideally you would combine it with some sort of visual representation, like a hologram or projector.[/QUOTE] Or an Oculus Rift/Google Glass. That could work too through augmented reality. Also concerning Crimor's suggesting of "stick your dick in it", I imagine that could end up being a legit application for the tech when it's more refined. With all this tech going towards "fucking your waifu", a tangible ultrasonic projection of the female anatomy would be an interesting novelty, at least.
Disturbing the air is neat as hell, don't get me wrong. but it's a far cry from holographics with like-tangible resistance. You can see how the shapes in the air can be passed through with no trouble. It does make me wonder what happens if you increase the amplitude further.
weaponize it i want to slap people with pure sound
Combine this up with FPS games, and allow me to hold my fucking gun.
[QUOTE=No_0ne;46637388]weaponize it i want to slap people with pure sound[/QUOTE] The military already have. If given the right frequency it can stop hearts. It's usually used for riot control. Causes peoples bodies to shake violently from the inside, making them not want to be in the area.
So in conjunction with holograms, we now have 'hard light', even if not as a singular entity? Holy. Shit.
[QUOTE=IceWarrior98;46637447]The military already have. If given the right frequency it can stop hearts. It's usually used for riot control. Causes peoples bodies to shake violently from the inside, making them not want to be in the area.[/QUOTE] Are you referring to LRAD? That operates at 2.5KHz and in no way causes a resonant response in people. The resonant frequency of an average person's chest cavity is <100Hz.
[QUOTE=chaz13;46638656]Are you referring to LRAD? That operates at 2.5KHz and in no way causes a resonant response in people. The resonant frequency of an average person's chest cavity is <100Hz.[/QUOTE] It can be turned up. They just don't because they know it can be lethal.
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