PrioVR VR Motion Tracking Suit: Interview with Head of R&D (video) Paul Yost, Head of R&D at YEI Technology After having checked out the first PrioVR prototype the other week, I had a chance to sit down with YEI Technology’s Head of R&D, Paul Yost, to learn more about the VR motion tracking system. Yost talks VR gloves, vests, and Post-Kickstarter plans. The PrioVR Kickstarter didn’t reach its goal, but the team is committed to making PrioVR a reality (11:51). We also want to assure you that we’re not done. Yost told me (13:04) that development on the system is continuing regardless of the Kickstarter’s success and that “…the technology and the idea is too good for us to give up on….” PrioVR Prototype Suit Yost also talked about using the PrioVR technology for an oft-requested ‘VR glove’ with full finger tracking (15:13).
SENSEable Shoes | Computational Design Lab SENSEable Shoes is a hands-free and eyes-free foot-computer interface that supports on-the-go interaction with surrounding environments. We recognize different low-level activities by measuring the user’s continuous weight distribution over the feet with twelve Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) sensors embedded in the insoles of shoes. Using the sensor data as inputs, a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier identifies up to eighteen mobile activities and a four-directional foot control gesture at approximately 98% accuracy. A person’s weight is not allocated symmetrically over the plantar. We observed people’s common low-level activities in a mobile context and classified them as static or dynamic. The hardware platform consists of a pair of ordinary canvas shoes, a pair of 4mm sponge insoles, six FSRs in each shoe with a round shape sensing area with a 12.7 mm diameter, two microcontrollers, two wireless transceivers and power supplies. Project AdvisorProf.
engin1000 / Das Boot Report Project Summary Weight-bearing is a process of physical therapy pertaining to injuries below the waist that requires partial loading of the body weight on the recuperating leg, with the assistance of crutches or frames. Weight-bearing grades are typically determined by the therapist, and adjusted with the progress of healing. Without clinical equipment, patients are less able to rationally determine the amount of load placed on the injured leg. What we are proposing is a simple system that instantaneously determines the amount of pressure placed on the foot and provides a feedback that cautions the patient to gauge their motion. Project Design In the process of weight-bearing, the minimum amount of load prescribed for the patient is gradually increased until the user is able to resume regular movement (full-weight bearing). Introduction Many common foot injuries result in the wearing of a cam boot for recovery, mostly stress fractures. Market Need Plantar fasciitis Achilles tendonitis Bunion