[http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/07/bodysuit2.jpg](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/25/kinect-driven-tactile-bodysuit-makes-you-tingle-in-eight-differe/)
We know the [US Army](http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/30/us-army-testing-haptic-belt-that-nudges-soldiers-in-the-right-di/) has already experimented with vibrating clothing, and soon it could be our turn. The trendy figure-hugger above is rigged with haptic actuators across the arms and torso, which respond when the wearer's body 'touches' [virtual objects](http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/crescents-immersive-digital-entertainment-vr-its-like-a-virtu/) created via Microsoft's Kinect platform. The outfit's designers at the University of Aachen spent just a few hundred dollars on components, aside from the cost of the Kinect, so this might well have commercial potential. Click the source link if you're *really* keen to see a concept video -- although it doesn't consist of much beyond a German dude doing the *Hey Macarena* in his socks.
[Thanks, Jarod]Kinect-driven tactile bodysuit makes you tingle in eight different places originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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