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Suit that gives you electric shocks makes VR more realistic

By Timothy Revell

4 April 2018

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The suit can help you become more immersed in VR worlds – like gaming

Oomph! I’ve just been shot in the back and I can feel the impact reverberating across my shoulders. Luckily for me and the rootin’-tootin’ cowboy I’ve just shot to smithereens, everything I’m experiencing is in virtual reality. But rather than simply seeing and hearing the Wild West scene around me, I’m wearing a suit that lets me feel it too.

The Teslasuit looks like a padded full-body wetsuit and is fitted with small components that produce electric shocks on the…

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