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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean Jason Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Garett Andrew Ochs, Seattle, WA (US);
Selso Luanava, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual reality system including a garment worn by a user, such as a glove, includes a jamming that jams movement of a portion of the user's body by increasing a rigidity of certain portions of the garment or by preventing a certain portion of the garment from expanding past a certain length. This allows the garment to simulate the physical sensation that occurs when the user touches an object. For example, to simulate the sensation of holding a coffee mug, the jamming mechanism prevents the user's fingers from curling after the user's fingers have reached a position equivalent to making physical contact with the coffee mug.