Method and wearable apparatus for synchronizing a user with a virtual environment

A virtual reality system for synchronising a user with a virtual reality environment, the virtual reality system comprising:

• a wearable apparatus comprising a set of electrodes located on an inner surface of the wearable apparatus so as to contact a wearer's skin in use for supplying electrical feedback pulses to provoke physical sensations in the nervous system of the wearer, a feedback supplying device configured to supply electrical feedback pulses to the set of electrodes, and at least one sensor separate from the set of electrodes and configured to collect parameters of the wearer;
• a computing device coupled to said feedback supplying device and said at least one sensor and configured to receive the collected parameters from the at least one sensor, initiate an interaction between the wearer and a virtual object or medium in the virtual reality environment based on the parameters received from the at least one sensor of the wearable apparatus, determine a type of the interaction, and cause electrical feedback pulses to be supplied to the wearer's skin to create a physical sensation of the interaction with the virtual object or medium in the wearer's nervous system, the feedback pulses being supplied in a pattern which depends on the determined type of interaction.

A wearable apparatus for synchronising a user with a virtual environment, the wearable apparatus comprising:

• one or more Peltier elements, located on an inner side of the wearable apparatus for delivering sensations of warmth or cold to the user's skin in use;
• at least one sensor configured to collect biometric and/or kinematic parameters of the user.