With Oculus Rift set to take their first order this Wednesday and a slew of imitators and competitors not far behind, 2016 is already shaping up to be the year virtual reality finally enters our homes.
But one UK company thinks strapping a screen/mask hybrid on your noggin is just the tip of the iceberg.
Using integrated EMS (Electro Muscular Stimulation), Tesla Studios just introduced the world to TeslaSuit: a full-body VR experiences that promises to simulate a range of physical sensations, from a gentle, cool breeze to the impact of a speeding bullet.
Tesla Studios proposes their tool will revolutionize the entertainment and gaming industries by simultaneously delivering sensations to the body and capturing the user’s body motions and feeding them into applications in real-time.
According to Tesla Studios, the VR-suit’s Kickstarter is slated to launch this month, but nothing’s live as of yet.
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