The prototype of the VR controllers, developed by Sony Corporation Technology Development Laboratories, features a moving part structure with a high weight ratio compared to the entire device. This produces dynamic shifing of the center of gravity through compact devices. By regulating the center of gravity precisely, the prototype has the capability to present an enhanced sense of an object’s length as well as its strength of impact or fine vibrations in the VR experiences. Each device is compact and simple in shape, and the two controllers can be linked together to present feelings of objects with more complex shapes.
Please watch the video introduction of the device from the link below.
https://youtu.be/C7SKKCUNVkw
●Find more about Sony‘s haptics technology
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/research/projects/haptics/
●Submitted research paper for SIGGRAPH 2023
https://doi.org/10.1145/3588037.3595399
●Summary of the exhibition at SIGGRAPH 2023
https://s2023.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=gensub_341&sess=sess204
