Haptic interface, Haptics

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In non-DNI virtual reality systems, the physical actuators that provide the user with a sense of touch, including the sensing of pressure and temperature. The actuators can take the form of gloves, or cover the entire body in a so-called hotsuit. Still used by some clades and phyles today, especially those that decline to adopt DNI links and other forms of cyborgization.

Simmball
Virchworld

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Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 07 November 2001.

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