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why Eric Brody and I are playing first-person shooter we're sitting there on the couch driving this Jeep I'm on the back and I'm pounding away with the gun and he's hitting the bumps and then the thing explodes on the screen we go flying but there's really nothing except a little vibration what good is that like is something missing here we started thinking about wow you know that would be great if we could kind of get that feeling across not only do you feel the impact but you feel the spread you get the kick back and it's all there the whole experience and that's when you actually feel like you're totally immersed and with air reg that's what you get my name is Brody Stanfield I'm the president co-founder of tech my name is Michael Stanfield and I'm the vice president and co-founder gaming today is a two dimensional product experience is limited to sight and sound and so we're providing a new dimension it's a suit it's a haptic product that provides sensory stimulation taking the user into the game whether it be sound sensations of touch the idea of the impact Eric will put you into that experience that you've always wanted there are three major components to this suit there's the decoder the exoskeleton and the sim skin the decoder is the piece that attaches actually to your console or platform takes information then it brings that and sends it to the exoskeleton the exoskeleton is now the component that sort of has all the pieces in airag that you're wearing from the nervous system which is the feedback to the control center which takes the information from the decoder as well as the power supply to make sure it's wireless the sound that we're providing is a patented sound it's quite a different experience we want to make it a surround sound feel so the idea is we have six speakers two on the front on this side two on that side and then on the back one here and one here as well as a subwoofer you're always in the sweet spot no matter where you are and as for like vibratory feedback right now it's always been to the controller so you feel a rumble in your hand now we're actually getting it so it's located on the specific parts your body where it should be there are sixteen points on the front eight points on the side and sixteen points on the back alright so first thing we're going to do is I'm going to test have some vibrational stuff so to start with I'm just going to set a value here and I'm gonna be top right you do that yeah all right so let's switch that over to bottom left and with you yeah switch is awesome that's pretty much how vibration works as for stems they're pretty much focused on particular muscles it contracts and muscles it can either give a full contraction or it can be a slight contraction once again same thing top right so they just as a value okay all right shut that off how you feeling we can see it moving your shoulder forward like that yeah nothing will wait alright so that's pretty much it for the basic fundamentals of what air I can actually do so what do you think of it it was pretty interesting and that really experienced anything like that yeah virtual world awareness you actually inside the world that you're playing in the last piece is the sim skin so Sims kin is the look and feel over top you can then have these front piece plate so you put on or an armor on the sides and that kind of stuff it actually look like you're in the game that you're actually envisioning yourself in games already have sound there do you have haptic feedback so we take that information that's already there and we implemented with Eric and it's now a matter of the developers to take on that role if they have a game and they want to compete with a triple-a game and they're only an indie company well now you can it's not just about the visuals anymore it's about how you can how you can differentiate your product we think that's going to be a big difference the ultimate goal of this campaign is to create airag we want to be able to create that product for you which fixed our success we can actually ensure that everyone who wants us can get it the initial involvement of the community will be through our our website and our IT infrastructure we want to ensure that the individuals who actually start the kickstarter program and go through the campaign with us are the individuals who are going to be initially involved in the development process and making decisions with us not only do we want you to be part of it the community part of purchasing the product but we want people to actually part of the development process we want to bring people in and actually get them to try it out and show us what they actually think is good we're gonna get people to actually come here to our office and work on it with us so the funding takes into account the development it takes into account the manufacturing kicked into account some of the distribution costs as well we take a look at it as a whole so you we want you to help us actually make this everything it can be the process of this we want to make sure that it's good from start to finish we have engineering firm in place we have the web infrastructure warehouse and distribution in place we have all the components necessary to actually go through this process not only will the product be ready and all your input be in place but you actually get the part on time the customer service section is where we want to focus as well we believe that that's one of the most important aspects of the community it's not only the thing that determines the viability and whether this is successful it's also what determines where we're headed if you're gonna be part of this campaign where we have an expectation actually we talked about that those people who want to be involved hey you can see this come to fruition you'll be part of the success of a new product out there in the market you're gonna be part of the group of people who actually bring this to other households you finally get to be that one of the drivers in the gaming industry let's take this product and move it forward you be part of the first Legion the only way is to get onboard microsoft hololens brings holograms into your real world using transparent lenses spatial sound and an understanding of your environment Holograms look and sound like they're actually part of the world around you that is mixed reality with microsoft hololens holograms are viewed through the holographic frame centered in the middle of your view this preserves your peripheral vision so you can move freely and connect and collaborate with people around you holograms and mixed reality don't block out what you can see in here this enables you to engage with digital content and tools alongside the objects in your real world Holograms can be world locked in a physical location so you can walk around them or they can travel with you you can even hear them in 3d with spatial sound microsoft hololens is the world's first fully untethered self-contained holographic computer with the mixed reality experience of hololens you can stay in the real world and interact with real people as you simultaneously explore 3d in 3d Texas's building Tesla suit is our dream initially we wanted to build something for the VR gaming but while developing this technology we've realized there's a lot more potential to it and this is our story anyways really cool blow my mind ah wow that is amazing Tesla suit is a full-body haptic suit that lets you touch and feel sensations and virtual reality the haptic system uses mild electrical impulses to transmit signals through the skin and muscles the technology is used widely in physical therapy to help train muscle groups as well as the pain relief we've adapted back technology to help transmit signals through virtual reality stimulating massive potential everything changed this is this is the real deal this is not some fictional processor this is definitely a future nailed it this is worth developing for the potential of the Tesla suit is enormous I've always been a big fan of we are and wanted to find something that would make it's more real there wasn't anything that let's why to interact with virtual reality world beyond the visual so we started developing this it took us three prototypes to be able to deliver pleasurable realistic sensations the reason for our Kickstarter campaign now was to get SDK and Tesla suit in the hands of developers and build communities that will take project to the next level we spent a lot of time developing tests as you we designed our smart textile from scratch it's durable washable and comfortable - there we made two versions pioneer which has 16 impact points and Prodigy which has 52 impact points which means more realistic experience the onboard control unit connects wirelessly to any device such as games consoles VR headsets mobile phones and tablets PCs and Macs taking the potential applications of Tesla suit well beyond gaming I think it'd be very interesting with a repeating point of view and I'm sure there are many other uses that people come up with for it and I can definitely see lots of different uses uses for it right away from gaming to medical to sports exercise in baby obviously there's gaming applications but I can imagine I would love to get up to if there's been that and get notifications on whether or if I've missed an email from my girlfriend or my boss or something as a subtle additional cue that no one else would see first the middling industry for pretty much every industry as well and if we can start this offer it be something exceptional yeah with the game with with someone shooting you I think a video variable for a row of military training I enjoy most about it is potential to be used in any word in any industry from music to health the re-education - a pleasure and enjoyment we wanted to make something that would showcase our passion for virtual reality and games development we've built we are digital paintball game with the help of professional paintballers it's a first online multiplayer game that combines haptic feedback and reality our development kid is ready to play and gives you full freedom to create your own sensations software pack includes the haptic editor studio an easy-to-use SDK VR digital paint ball game and a virtual meeting up the virtual meeting app enables friends and family to add tactile sensations to video calling and messaging such as the ability to send and receive real hugs over the Internet join the revolution make a pledge you