There was a concept from Disney a few years ago that used puffs of air (like smoke rings) to add sensation to holograms.<p><a href="http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/aireal/" rel="nofollow">http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/aireal/</a><p>There was also a project at the University of Utah a couple of years ago that was using images of fingernails to detect finger forces (including direction) on any surface.
<a href="http://www.cs.utah.edu/~jmh/Fingernail/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cs.utah.edu/~jmh/Fingernail/</a>
At SIGGRAPH a few years ago in New Orleans, I saw this concept demonstrated by a Japanese group: <a href="http://phys.org/news168797748.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news168797748.html</a>
Any idea what material it could be made of? I can't think of any that wouldn't make this design insufferable to wear. Or is it just a concept for 2050 when we have flying cars too?
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