From: geoffrey@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Geoff Thomas)
Subject: Re: HMDs, accupressure...
Date: 03 Feb 1993 03:09:50 +0000 (GMT)
Organization: Computer Science,University of Canterbury,New Zealand



The accupressure sounds like a good idea, but I can think of some
points to ponder:

How accurate is the information known on accupressure?

Can you achieve direct control over specific organs/groups of organs?

Then there's the usual design points: how big would a suitable
actuator need to be, what sort of controller is required, etc.

On the person side-of-things, how will users take to having control of
their insides essentially passed over to the computer? Some might
object in a big way!

I'm not trying to be negative here, but these questions sprang into my
head when I read the post and I thought I better share them.
Admittedly my knowledge of acu-xxxxx techniques is very limited, so
the idea may have a lot of merit.

I'd be very interested in hearing the results of this technique for
enhancing the 'realism'.