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Reach Out and Touch Someone’s Avatar

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It doesn’t look like much yet: a finger with a massive cuff vaguely poking a low-res image of a tiny fairy floating a few inches above the screen that’s projecting it. But remember that this is just the first step and imagine the implications: Researchers at Keio University in Japan have created the first 3D images that users can “touch,” or at least feel through a tactile response delivered by the finger cuff. READ MORE »