The Tachi Lab is a laboratory specialized in Virtual reality and Telexistence, located in the University of Tokyo.

The Haptics project presents us a way to reinforce and reproduce  emotions experienced through virtual worlds, especially Second Life.

The system is able to recognize nine different emotions in the senteces written by avatars and reinforces own feelings through haptic devices connected to individuals, that for example allow to feel hugs by pressuring on the chest and on the back.

Difficult to imagine?  Watch the following video !