Haptic InterFace – Pop-up Exhibition

 

 

2013 Sydney VIVID festival

Haptic InterFace – pop-up exhibition

 

Venue : Hong Kong House, 80 Druit Street Sydney 2000, Ground floor

Dates : 27th May – 6th June

Opening hours : 9:30 – 4:30 weekdays

Cost : Free

 

Imagine shoes that enable you to have a physical awareness of another person walking. Sensors on the bottom of the shoes communicate via microcontrollers through smartphones to actuators on the top of another pair of shoes. When one person sits to rest, the other will feel the weight lift. When one runs, the other will feel increased pressure and faster rhythm.

 

Read more: http://hapticinterface.hkbu.edu.hk/?page_id=30

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