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On: Oct 15, 07
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Virtual Love Partner Combines Physical Robot, Virtual Reality


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Fake Intimacy 2 - Virtual Love Partner Combines Physical Robot, Virtual Reality (VIDEO)
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I just love all the technology speak related to this item, but let’s be realistic, what we are looking at here is the next big thing in virtual love partners. In short, this robot can perform physical manouvers, but the robot’s owner sees a virtual person using special goggles.

With the right software, you can have a different lover everyday! It will totally revolutionize the way we play, and I am not talking about the joysticks on our X-boxes here!

Pink Tentacle notes, “U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi is an interactive “mixed reality” humanoid robot that appears as a computer-animated character when viewed through a special head-mounted display. A virtual 3D avatar that moves in sync with the robot’s actions is mapped onto the machine’s green cloth skin (the skin functions as a green screen), and the sensor-equipped head-mounted display tracks the angle and position of the viewer’s head and constantly adjusts the angle at which the avatar is displayed. The result is an interactive virtual 3D character with a physical body that the viewer can literally reach out and touch.  Researcher Michihiko Shoji, formerly of NTT DoCoMo, helped create U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi as a tool for enhancing virtual reality simulations.”

In our fake intimacy feature, you might also want to check out a slightly more naughty trend:

Fake Intimacy 1 - Thousands Choose ‘Real Dolls’ Over Women (VIDEO)

Believe it or not thousands of men are willing to part with $6,500 to get the Rolls Royse of love dolls from Real Dolls which had $2 million in sales last year. Some men have websites dedicated to their love dolls and consider it a legitimate lifestyle choice.  This as artificial intelligence resea… [More]

References: pinktentacle

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