Drones on strings could puppeteer people in virtual reality

Having drones on strings attached to a person could provide a more realistic simulation of interacting with physical objects in virtual reality

By Matthew Sparkes

Drones attached to you by strings could give you a more realistic simulation of the forces you should feel when interacting with things in virtual reality.

Various tricks have been used to make virtual reality more immersive and convincing, including fans that mimic wind and muscle vibrations that fool nerves into perceiving weight.

Now, Martin Feick at Saarland University in Germany and his colleagues have created a system that uses a drone attached …