The touch simulation.
Real now. It runs in your browser today. Vibration on Android, sound and light everywhere.
This is how you learn the kit: by playing first, safely, before you ever wear it outside. An eight metre hallway on your screen. Press Start, then drag, tap, press the step buttons, or use the arrow keys. The collar is high, the belt is the middle, the ankles are the ground, and everything gets stronger as it gets closer.
Walk a street
In development. A simulation, for learning the kit's language by playing. The kit's real sensing is in development.
A sidewalk seen from above: a building wall, a low sign at head height, a pole, a bin, a car parked on the sidewalk, a step down, and a signpost before the corner. As you near each one, the part of the kit where it would touch you buzzes, faster and stronger as you get closer.
Click the street or tab to it, then walk with the arrow keys or W, A, S and D. Space says where you are. On a phone, drag on the street or hold a button. Sound is off until you turn it on.
Simulation. In development.
The kit on the body
Clear. Nothing near.
- collar: quiet
- belt, left: quiet
- belt, front: quiet
- belt, right: quiet
- belt, back: quiet
- left ankle: quiet
- right ankle: quiet
Walk the hallway by touch
Your phone does not allow web vibration, so you will hear and see each touch instead.
Drag or tap in the hallway to walk there. Arrow keys and W, A, S, D step 25 centimetres; hold Shift for a full metre. Space says what is around you. Escape stops sound and vibration.
This is a simulation on your phone; the kit uses 20 motors on your body.
The six signals
- Collar: something at head height. Duck.
- Belt: something at your waist. Step aside.
- Ankles: something at the ground. Watch your step.
- Stairs up: a buzz rising at your ankles, three notes climbing.
- Stairs down: a buzz falling at your ankles, three notes dropping.
- The bump: a short thud when you have walked into something.
Three laws carry them all: where it buzzes is where it would hit you, stronger is closer, and motion follows motion.
Want the deeper version? Learn the six signals or walk a full city block.