German scientis have developed an “electronic skin” that allows you to manage virtual objects

The standard system of virtual and augmented reality needs to track human motion in order to provide him with the opportunity to interact with virtual objects. This is usually done through a system of cameras with high resolution, but unfortunately, this method works well only in relation to the movements with great amplitude. For the detection of short movements, wiggling the fingertips, for example, the resolution of such systems is usually not enough. However, with the task of recording even the smallest movements successfully a new type of “electronic skin”, which in addition to virtual reality systems can be used in prosthetics, robotics and soft in other areas.

The basis of a new “electronic skin” sensors are magnetic field registered field generated by the adjacent permanent magnet. Depending on the angle of the hand and finger position sensors detect the magnetic field of different level of tension and direction. Software operating on a dedicated controller uses the data from these sensors and computes the movement parameters of human hand with very high accuracy. With this feature, people who placed “electronic skin” on their hands, can type on the virtual keyboard, move virtual sliders, and perform other actions with the objects shown to them by virtual reality devices.

According to information from the creators of new technologies, researchers from the joint Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Institute, Germany, this technology will serve as a very significant addition to the current virtual reality systems. Currently, the system can operate with a magnetic field created by a small magnet, but in the next step, the researchers plan to increase the workspace, increasing in parallel the resolution of the system. This more precise version of the new system will allow you to use it not only in the field of entertainment and games, a new principle can be used for remote control of robots, including surgical, to conduct engineering and development in the three-dimensional virtual reality environment.

Original: Theqpost.com