Feelreal, Inc has launched 2 Virtual Reality projects on Kickstarter, The main one being The Feelreal Mask, which compliments other VR headsets by adding wind, water mist, odors, heat and vibration to the experiences.
“You don’t need to be a pilot to feel the wind, or a surfer to catch a whiff of salt and seaweed,”
Reads in Feelreal’s Kickstarter page, also:
“You don’t need to be near a volcano to experience its heat. All you need is FEELREAL to sense and smell any virtual world you want.”
However, they won’t stop there, if they receive 150K they will also develop Nirvana VR helmet which does all of this with an attached Feelreal Mask on it along with the visual part of VR, apparently by way of a smartphone jammed into the front. The Virt, however:
“is not just a helmet for virtual reality, it also lets you watch a 3D video or play a game with the help of an embedded micro projector that produces in-focus high-definition images with a broad field of view.”
Although, things don’t look good for Feelreal, with only 12 days to go as of this writing they have only raised 18K of their minimum 50k. Perhaps Feelreal’s Kickstarter would have fared better if they had launched their project after the Oculus Rift and SteamVR.
