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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The modified VR headset may potentially allow the wearer to experience simulations that involve “the feeling of an object sliding or swiping across the lips, or persistent vibrations”.<\/p>\n

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have managed to modify a virtual reality (VR) headset so that it allows the wearer to experience a sensation of touch in and around their mouth, Gizmodo reports.<\/p>\n

The team from the university\u2019s Future Interfaces Group apparently managed to achieve this feat without adding “any hardware that actually makes contact with the wearer\u2019s face” to the set.<\/p>\n

Thanks to an array of ultrasonic transducers attached to it, the modified headset is now capable of creating a sense of touch on one\u2019s lips, as well as on their teeth and tongue, if the wearer\u2019s mouth is open.<\/p>\n

The technology in question may make possible VR simulations of eating and drinking, or, for example further enhance the realism of experiences that involve walking or running, by creating the feeling of wind touching a person\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

The commercialisation of this tech, the media outlet suggests, could even lead to the creation of “the world\u2019s first virtual reality kissing booth\u2026 among other experiences the researchers are probably wisely tip-toeing around”.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. The modified VR headset may potentially allow the wearer to experience simulations that involve “the feeling of an object sliding or swiping across the lips, or persistent vibrations”. 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