VIRTUAL REALITY GARMENT CAPABLE OF JAMMING USER MOVEMENT
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1. A system comprising:
- a console coupled to an electronic display in a head mounted display, the console configured to provide content to the electronic display for presentation to a user; and
a glove configured to be worn on a hand of the user and coupled to the console, the glove comprising;
one or more sensors configured to detect spatial and motion information about the glove and to provide the detected spatial and motion information to the console, andone or more jamming systems coupled to the console and configured to modify one or more portions of the glove in response to information received from the console to counteract a movement detected by the one or more sensors.
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Abstract
A virtual reality system including a garment worn by a user, such as a glove, includes a jamming that jams movement of a portion of the user'"'"'s body by increasing a rigidity of certain portions of the garment or by preventing a certain portion of the garment from expanding past a certain length. This allows the garment to simulate the physical sensation that occurs when the user touches an object. For example, to simulate the sensation of holding a coffee mug, the jamming mechanism prevents the user'"'"'s fingers from curling after the user'"'"'s fingers have reached a position equivalent to making physical contact with the coffee mug.
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1. A system comprising:
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a console coupled to an electronic display in a head mounted display, the console configured to provide content to the electronic display for presentation to a user; and a glove configured to be worn on a hand of the user and coupled to the console, the glove comprising; one or more sensors configured to detect spatial and motion information about the glove and to provide the detected spatial and motion information to the console, and one or more jamming systems coupled to the console and configured to modify one or more portions of the glove in response to information received from the console to counteract a movement detected by the one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a garment including material configured to be worn on a portion of a body of a user; one or more sensors coupled to one or more portions of the material, the one or more sensors configured to detect spatial and motion information and to provide the detected spatial and motion information to a console, and one or more jamming systems coupled to the console and configured to modify one or more portions of the garment in response to information received from the console to counteract a movement detected by the one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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