Touching Space: Haptic Feedback in Astronaut VR Training
Reaching Out to Reality: How Haptic Feedback Makes VR Astronaut Training More Real Imagine stepping into a virtual reality environment where you're not just seeing the International Space Station (ISS), but feeling every bolt and panel beneath your gloved hands. You can manipulate tools with realistic resistance, experience the sensation of weightlessness as you float through space, and even feel the subtle vibrations from approaching spacecraft. This is the power of haptic feedback in immersive VR training for astronauts. While visual and auditory cues are essential components of VR training, it's the sense of touch that truly bridges the gap between simulation and reality. Haptic feedback, which provides tactile sensations through actuators and force sensors, allows astronauts to interact with...