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only to reciprocate at selected or varying speeds but also to rotate,
vibrate and to discharge fluid.
The user can use the software to select from one of many stored
sexual scenarios. The user wears a virtual reality headset and a mo-
tor tracking device adapted to be applied to the user's body, such
as a belt, in order to track the user's body motion. In a more so-
phisticated version there may be several sensors detecting motion
of different parts of the body.
If the user touches the virtual human it must react appropriately.
The virtual human's skin must also “give” as it would in the real
world. The virtual human's facial expressions must be conveyed re-
alistically and be linked to whatever the user does. Some form of
feedback is required so that the user can “feel” whatever he is touch-
ing. In terms of a 2-user scenario, the two virtual humans will be
connected, for example via the Internet, in order to transmit each
user's movements to the other user as they are made. The virtual
human must also be capable of reacting to the user. For instance,
if the user touches the virtual human it should elicit some form of
facial or verbal response depending on how the user touches.
The user's movement are continually monitored. Sensors are posi-
tioned on the major limb segments (such as the upper arm, lower
arm and hand), and will be able to transmit the position and ori-
entation of each of these segments with a hight degree of accuracy.
This allows the major movements of the human to be monitored
by the system and the information to be processed. [8]
itor the positions of the user's fingers, and a system for creating the same
touch sensations that the user would feel when touching a human in the
same way but without the gloves. He specifies that the outer structure
would be of a flexible plastic material. Within the body is mounted an
array of hydraulic actuators (devices used to convert fluid energy into
mechanical motion), allowing a computer-driven signal to cause a re-
sponsive motion in the doll. Also, the doll incorporates pressure sensitive
zones (erogenous zones) each having a focus and a less sensitive peripheral
region so that when touched the doll can make appropriate movements.
The patent specification continues with various mechanical details, such
as having cavities that are removeable for cleaning purposes, as well as
descriptions and drawings of the artificial vagina and artificial penis.
