An attendee demonstrates the Owo vest, which allows users to feel physical sensations during metaverse experiences such as virtual reality games, including wind, gunfire or punching, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP
LAS VEGAS: A jacket equipped with sensors that let wearers feel hugs or even punches in virtual reality was among the innovations giving the metaverse a more realistic edge at the Consumer Electronics Show.
“What is the metaverse if you can’t feel it?” asked Jose Fuertes, founder of the Spain-based startup Owo, which made the jacket. “It’s just avatars.”
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An attendee demonstrates the Owo vest, which allows users to feel physical sensations during metaverse experiences such as virtual reality games, including wind, gunfire or punching, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. — AFP
The tight-fitting jacket features bands that stick to the skin, with sensors that sync to a mobile application. — AFP
“Our mission is to turn the virtual into reality with a second skin; to add the sense of touch in the metaverse or video games,” Fuertes said. — AFP
The Owo garb – to be priced less than US$450 (RM1,894) when it hits the market late this year – brings to mind the sci-fi novel-turned-film Ready Player One, in which people in a dystopian world live alternate lives in a virtual universe. — AFP
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