Tactile Gaming Vest Punches and Slices

March 30, 2010 | Source: IEEE Spectrum

The University of Pennsylvania’s Tactile Gaming Vest (TGV) provides haptic feedback to a game-player’s torso.

Four solenoid actuators in the chest and shoulders in front, plus two solenoids in the back, give you the feeling of a gunshot; vibrating eccentric-mass motors clustered against the shoulder blades make you feel a slashing effect as you get stabbed from behind.