The Malaysian Insider :: Features
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| Virtual hugs, energy beams take stage at Japan expo Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:30 AM PDT TOKYO, June 23 — People hugged themselves and shot energy beams from their hands: just a few of the many treats on offer at the Tokyo Virtual Reality Expo this week. Cutting-edge technology was on display for both practical use and just play, with more than 450 exhibitors taking part in the three-day advanced 3D and motion sensing technologies fair at a downtown Tokyo site. Fans of the popular Japanese anime series "Dragon Ball" were given the chance to produce a beam of energy — known as a "Kamehame Ha" — from their hands. Motion sensors able to detect a person's hand movements noticed when they made the right move to "charge" the energy beam. Pushing the hands away released the beam of light in the augmented reality display. "I've always dreamed about firing energy blasts," said 37-year-old Toru Hayai, an avid "Dragon Ball" fan. "I just realised my dream." At another booth, visitors tried out a vest that replicates the hug given to a mannequin standing in front of them, allowing them to literally hug themselves. The six air-pumped "muscles" on the vest inflate with the injection of air to recreate the sensation of a person's embrace. "Nobody can really hug themselves in the real world, so I was curious about what they would feel if they could," said 23-year-old Nobuhiro Takashi. "That curiosity drove me to invent this vest." His team from the University of Electro-communications won the top prize in last year's International Collegiate Virtual Reality Contest, held in Tokyo. Tomoki Okawara, a 22-year-old university student, beamed after an extended clinch with the mannequin that had him closing his eyes at one point. "It feels like I'm hugging a hot girlfriend," he said. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Last of Himalayan kings picks a commoner Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:47 PM PDT
The young and dashing Bhutanese king announced his engagement to a commoner, sending his adoring subjects into rhapsody at the prospect of a grand wedding later this year in the last of the Himalayan kingdoms. Wangchuck, termed "Prince Charming" for his Elvis Presley looks, smiled as he named his bride, a 21-year-old student at London's Regents College, during his speech opening parliament. — Reuters/Bhutan Royal Office for Media pic Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
THIMPHU, June 23 — Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his fiancée Jetsun Pema pose in Bhutan in this undated handout released to the media. | You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Features To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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