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Virtual reality and telereality system

  • US 6,310,604 B1
  • Filed: 01/17/1997
  • Issued: 10/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A teleexistence system including a virtual reality system and a telereality system;

  • the teleexistence system comprising;

    a force display device for displaying a force sense to an operator in response to the operator'"'"'s continuous interaction with an environment provided to the operator in the form of an image;

    an image display unit for displaying said image in response to a given image signal; and

    a computer for generating a force sense signal corresponding to said force sense, wherein said force display device includes control means for electrically changing the flow resistance of an electrorheological fluid in response to the force sense signal, and force providing means for providing said operator with a force controlled by said flow resistance.

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