RE: InFORM - Physically Interact With 3D Models
Wow! This is AMAZING. What a great hunt!
I'd be interested to see whether there's any actual feeling triggered in the brain of the user as well.
There are studies which have shown that you actually feel pain (for example) when somebody hits (with a hammer, for example) a prosthetic hand, which is there as a replacement for your own (I hope I've explained that correctly).
So, you see a hand in front of you, which you know is not your own, but because your brain reads it as your hand, it projects feelings based on what happens to that dummy hand.
Now what would be really interesting is if this tech triggered similar (or even any) feelings when you interact with the "virtual" object. Or, does your brain rely on being in the same physical location as the "hand", and it looking realistic.
Fascinating stuff - and what great tech!