Oculus Rift-Based System Brings True Immersion To Telepresence Robots

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @07:07PM from the from-the-comfort-of-your-own-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes: University of Pennsylvania researchers have built an Oculus Rift-based telepresence system that attempts to bring true immersion to remotely operated robots. The system, called DORA (Dexterous Observational Roving Automaton), precisely tracks the motion of your head and then duplicates those motions on a mobile robot moving around at a remote location. Video from the robot's cameras is transmitted to the Oculus headset. One of the creators said that while using the system you "feel like you are transported somewhere else in the real world."

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Oculus Rift-Based System Brings True Immersion To Telepresence Robots

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