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“#With ‘aerohaptics,’ holograms can feel real to the touch<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The 3D images are a popular Victorian mirror trick, but researchers at the University of Glasgow are elevating the technology<\/a> that brought Tupac Shakur to life onstage in 2012\n <\/div>\n
\n When Tupac Shakur joined Dr. Dre on stage at the Coachella festival in 2012, crowds were awestruck\u2014not only by the quality of the music, but because Shakur had been dead for 15 years.<\/p>\n

Shakur\u2019s presence onstage was a convincing holographic illusion. The basis for the ghostly Shakur, as well as ABBA\u2019s upcoming tour in 2022, which will feature younger-looking holograms of the bandmates, is a popular Victorian mirror trick. But now, thanks to researchers at the University of Glasgow, these illusions can be real enough to touch.<\/p>\n

The team has invented a method for using jets of air to simulate tactile experience. They\u2019re calling the technology \u201caerohaptics\u201d (\u201chaptic\u201d refers to the sense of touch). A motion sensor tracks the movement of the user\u2019s hand as they interact with a holographic object, and directs a nozzle to release puffs of air on the user\u2019s fingers and palm. So far, the Glasgow team has used aerohaptics to simulate the experience of \u201cbouncing\u201d a virtual basketball: push hard on the rounded surface of the ghostly ball, and it strikes your hand forcefully on the return; a gentle pressure results in a softer sensation when the ball bounces back.<\/p>\n

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Ravinder Dahiya, an electronics and nanoengineering Ph.D. who leads the team, emphasizes the collaboration between our five senses\u2014even drinking a beer is a tactile as well as a gustatory experience. \u201cIf a beer doesn\u2019t feel cold, you don\u2019t really get the taste\u2014that\u2019s how the mind is trained,\u201d Dahiya explains. Besides app<\/a>lications in video game<\/a>s and other forms of entertainment, aerohaptic technology could help colleagues shake hands at virtual meetings, or allow medical students to dissect virtual instead of real mice.<\/p>\n\n

This article appears in print in the January 2022 issue of<\/em> Maclean\u2019s magazine with the headline, \u201cAerohaptics.\u201d Subscribe to the monthly print magazine here<\/a>.<\/em>
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