Mark Zuckerberg says a new skin-like material could support metaverse ambitions
Publication Title
CBC NewsPublication/Creation Date
November 1 2021Creators/Contributors
Sam Shead (creator)Facebook (contributor)
Meta Platforms Inc. (contributor)
Mark Zuckerberg (contributor)
Carnegie Mellon University (contributor)
Abhinav Gupta (contributor)
Media Type
Newspaper ArticlePersuasive Intent
InformationDiscursive Type
Responses To InventionsDescription
"Together with Carnegie Mellon scientists, artificial intelligence researchers at Meta created a deformable plastic “skin” less than 3 mm thick.ReSkin, as the technology is known, can detect forces down to 0.1 newtons from objects that are less than 1 mm in size.
This brings us one step closer to realistic virtual objects and physical interactions in the metaverse,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg."
HCI Platform
WearablesRelation to Body
OnTechnology Keywords
Touch Sensors, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Magnetic Field, Virtual Objects, Haptic Feedback, Virtual Reality (VR), Computerized Glasses, Computer Vision, Headsets, Robotic SkinSource
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