Student Uses Oculus Rift and Kinect To Create Body Swap Illusion 88
kkleiner writes Using an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, Microsoft Kinect, a camera, and a handful of electrical stimulators, a London student's virtual reality system is showing users what it's like to swap bodies. Looking down, they see someone else's arms and legs; looking out, it's someone else's point of view; and when they move their limbs, the body they see does the same (those electrical stimulators mildly shock muscles to force a friend to mirror the user's movements). It's an imperfect system, but a fascinating example of the power of virtual reality. What else might we use VR systems for? Perhaps they'll prove useful in training or therapeutic situations? Or what about with robots, which would be easier to inhabit and control than another human? The virtual body swap may never fully catch on, but generally, virtual reality will likely prove useful for more than just gaming and entertainment.
Will it let me swap bodies with Miranda Kerr? (Score:5, Funny)
I would never leave the house.
Re:It's been done before... sort of (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, but it's not real science unless someone is wearing a shock collar...
Re:Why robots? (Score:3, Funny)
you obviously have never heard the whining of some homeless guy only partially blown up. they can go on and on for days. the "please, can you help me find my arm", "would you mind making a tourniquet for my leg with this diaper'. and then bleeding all over the place.
you pretty much have to find a new route to work for at least a week.