HaptiHug: Wear your emotions on your chest
Check this – a motorized haptic device has been created by Japanese researchers which enable you to experience real time virtual hugs by physically reproducing pressure felt on chest and back when somebody gives you a hug or squeeze.
HaptiHug garment included in the I FeelIM system uses software for extracting emotional meaning from written text and passes it on to one of the haptic devices which react accordingly.
Take for example, the speaker enabled HaptiHeart which gives out palpable heartbeat like patterns for evoking anger, fear and sadness. The vibrating HaptiTickler and HaptiButterfly, worn around the stomach leads to feelings equivalent of being nervous. HaptiShiver and HaptiTemper heightens fear emotions by sending shivers up and down the spine of the wearer with the help of vibrating motors and produces spine chills through fan blowing cool air.
With distances keeping us apart, it's only the virtual world which has enabled us to come closer and share our emotions.