Remote-Controlled Humans Enhance Immersive Games

by Will Knight NewScientist.com, 10 Aug 2005 Remote controlled humans might sound a bizarre and nightmarish prospect, but Japanese researchers hope to harness the trick for computer gaming. By remotely stimulating a person's vestibular system -- the fluid-filled tubes in the inner ear that guide their sense of balance -- with electrodes placed on the skin just below the ear, researchers at NTT's research laboratories in Kanagawa have found a way to turn humans into oversized radio controlled vehicles. Read more