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Force Push VR brings Jedi Powers to life

Force Push is a novel VR technique that allows users to move objects with unprecedented nuance.
Credit: Virginia Tech

The VR interface responds to device-free nuanced hand movements. Force Push provides a more physical, nuanced experience than traditional hand controllers allow in VR. It responds to the speed and magnitude of hand gestures to accelerate or decelerate objects in a way that users can understand intuitively.

Fans of the Star Wars franchise will have to wait more than a year from now to get their fix of Jedi-laden telekinetic spectacles on the big screen. The as-of-yet-to-be-titled Episode IX, the last installment of the space saga as was envisioned in 1977, won’t be released until December 2019...

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