Cornell’s haptic skin gives VR a more human touch

Virtual reality is great at bringing two of our senses into the digital world: sight and sound. That VR tech is already well-established and improving rapidly. However, we still aren’t at a point where we can touch, smell, or taste things inside of a VR headset. Obviously taste is the most important of these to solve (can you imagine VR Pac Man?) but for now let’s settle on haptic feedback for touch.

The Cornell University Organic Robotics Lab has created a prototype that enables VR experiences to provide tactile feedback while you play. It’s called the Omnipulse and, well, you really need to see it to believe it.