Channel: New Scientist

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: A controller that shoots out bursts of compressed air can simulate racket sports like tennis, badminton and squash in virtual reality. Up to now, video games such as Wii Sports have used vibrations to give players the sense of hitting a ball in simulated versions of tennis. “It’s completely different from what you feel if you can actually hit a ball,” says Mike Chen at National Taiwan University in Taipei. “Our work is the first racket that allows you to feel that directional force right from the impact of the ball.” Learn more ➤ newscientist.com/article/2319199-virtual-tennis-racket-uses-air-jet-to-recreate-feel-of-hitting-a-ball Subscribe ➤ bit.ly/NSYTSUBS Get more from New Scientist: Official website: bit.ly/NSYTHP Facebook: bit.ly/NSYTFB Twitter: bit.ly/NSYTTW Instagram: bit.ly/NSYTINSTA LinkedIn: bit.ly/NSYTLIN About New Scientist: New Scientist was founded in 1956 for “all those interested in scientific discovery and its social consequences”. Today our website, videos, newsletters, app, podcast and print magazine cover the world’s most important, exciting and entertaining science news as well as asking the big-picture questions about life, the universe, and what it means to be human. New Scientist newscientist.com