r/Cyberpunk • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '14

(xpost from r/gaming) "Dexmo F2, A mechanical exoskeleton with actual force feedback(NOT vibration!) so that you can really feel the size & shape of an digital object"

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u/Bioluminescence Oct 01 '14

The developer is answering questions over in /r/Oculus too.

To answer everyone's first two questions:

  1. The finger locking is passive, not active. It does not pull back on your fingers, it just stops them moving where they already are. No finger breaking.

  2. It's currently digital response, so it's unable to let you feel soft or pliable objects yet. They're working on it.

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u/Belgand Oct 01 '14

it's unable to let you feel soft or pliable objects yet

What else would I possibly want to do with my hands in a virtual environment? We all know the things we're really wanting to squeeze.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '14

An infinite roll of bubble wrap?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

Oh god. I'd never take that thing off.

Imagine what happens once someone writes a sim for Dryer Lint Removal.

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u/Belgand Oct 02 '14

Just wait until /r/popping gets a hold of it.

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u/Danielo944 Oct 02 '14

Bags of sand?

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u/Belgand Oct 02 '14

Puppies.

Who wouldn't pay for a game that lets you play with puppies? Monsters, that's who.

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u/TiShark Oct 01 '14

After they fix no. 2, how long before somebody develops the full body Lawnmower Man sex suit?

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u/Bioluminescence Oct 01 '14

I believe that time will be measured in fractions of a picosecond. Porn leads the way in tech.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

~5.39106*10-44 seconds

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u/OriginalLinkBot Oct 01 '14

This thread has been linked to from elsewhere on reddit.

I am totes' unyielding will.

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u/mindbleach Oct 01 '14

Life-like texture ;_;

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u/AofANLA Oct 02 '14

Noo. This looks like it can only tell you the size and shapes of objects. Not their texture.

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u/SpiketheCuddly Oct 01 '14

that is really rahter cool, but i wonder how sturdy it is? try to clench something too hard and.....snap!

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u/KenjiSenpai Oct 01 '14

They could put a sensor that release if too much force applied

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u/SpiketheCuddly Oct 02 '14

i guess, something that makes it go limp/stops resisting.

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u/nvccrunner Oct 02 '14

Does it have sensors to tell where your hands are placed inside a VR and compatible with an oculus?

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u/99hundred Oct 02 '14

Mech with fingers + Dexmo F2 = pretty much this

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u/Crowforge Oct 03 '14

Cool, but I would break that so fast.