Selected Media Spotlights

CTV News | 2024

Taking a hands-off approach to tech

Controlling apps with your feet is the focus of new research at the University of Waterloo. Researchers found slight variations in how you walk could be enough to tell augmented reality devices what you want to do ...... “Scrolling through a web page or scrolling through a menu, scrolling through a list of apps, adjusting the brightness or … volume,” said Tsai. As augmented reality glasses inch closer to mainstream use, the researchers have shown what is possible and that this concept has legs.

New Scientist | 2022

Virtual tennis racket uses air jet to recreate feel of hitting a ball

A controller called the AirRacket shoots out a burst of compressed air to produce strong forces similar to those produced when striking a ball. A controller that shoots out bursts of compressed air can simulate racket sports like tennis, badminton and table tennis in virtual reality. Until now, video games such as Wii Sports have used vibrations to give players the sense of hitting a ball in simulated versions of tennis......