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US 2019/0294249 A1Published application
Systems and methods for haptic feedback in a virtual reality system
AssigneeJANUS Research Group, Inc.
InventorsJoseph S. Martin, Kevin Abbruzzese
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a wearable virtual reality positional tracking device. Embodiments may include a wearable glove and a plurality of inertial measurement unit (IMU)/microcontroller unit (MCU) pairs wherein each pair is located on the wearable glove. Each IMU/MCU pair may include a sensor configured to obtain positional information and provide that positional information to an inverse kinematics (IK) solver.
Claims20
A wearable virtual reality feedback device comprising:
- a wearable glove;
- and
- a plurality of piezo-electric devices wherein each piezo-electric device is located on a different portion of the wearable glove and is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user.
A virtual reality feedback method comprising:
- providing a wearable glove;
- and
- providing haptic feedback to a user via a plurality of piezo-electric devices, wherein each piezo-electric device is located on a different portion of the wearable glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.