Philips Emotions Jacket -- a new level in immersive cinematic experience

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 17:21 in Psychology & Sociology

The Emotions Jacket is a research platform that uses the sense of touch to take the cinematic experience to new levels, allowing viewers to experience the intense emotions felt by characters on-screen. While other viewing enhancement techniques focus primarily on audio and visual aspects, the Emotions Jacket instead stimulates the biggest, our heaviest and most sensitive sense; the human skin. This exploration is part of Philips` wider ‘sensory experiences` program.

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