"It is different from digital 'instantness.' " And because the images are "more tactile and real," she continued, "you get that sense of authenticity".
Cool idea, but as anyone who's tried to play Mario on an iPhone can attest, there's a definite advantage to the tactile feedback real buttons (or, indeed, keys) give a user.
You can literally touch it--your surroundings, the person you are speaking to--it's a tactile, 3D real live experience.
"Our intent is to get a real tactile sense of a Viking ship," Mr. Harvey said.
"He understands how people relate to politics in a real tactile way.
When you have a book you have a real tactile sense of how far you're getting.
Being tactile is good, real anger is good, so is likability, which divisive figures such as Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Hugo Chávez had, as did Mandela the unifier.
The tactile pleasures of real conkers or catkins is ideal but these could be augmented by virtual tables of photographs and videos gathered in the wild.
"They've been watching signals for so long, and many of the students on the team are real tactile learners with great peripheral vision".
With b8ta, the goal is to get innovative products like the Gi Flybike, a folding electric bicycle, and Thync, a wearable for achieving mindfulness and boosting energy, into physical stores and enable people to have real, tactile experiences with them.
