News Samsung to Unveil Entrim 4D VR Motion Headphones

The experimental VR headphone project will be revealed at SXSW 2016.

Leading up to CES in January, Samsung revealed a set of new motion controllers dubbed Rink, designed specifically for the Gear VR headset. The Rink controllers were created by the company’s R&D program Creative Lab (C-Lab) and shown off in in small booth at the electronics convention. They were very experimental, but it was good to see Samsung push forward innovation with their mobile VR headset.

Now Samsung has announced that they will be unveiling their latest C-Lab experiment at SXSW with what they are calling Entrim 4D, a motion headset that supposedly “lets you feel” virtual reality.

Nice addon for our sims!

Substained Gs?

They are still working on rotation, but impression should hit the internet today so we will know soon if it's at all legit.

Sorry but Im not buying this one....ok put on the headset and now over exaggerate and make yourself look like an idiot...ok perfect!

i dont get how they work... how? they have weight? o they vibrate? or what?

Te paso la info en castellano: http://www.realovirtual.com/noticias/2448/samsung-prepara-unos-auriculares-sentir-aceleraciones
Alli tenes toda la explicacion, en resumen: envía pequeñas señales eléctricas al nervio auditivo, de forma que podamos sentir velocidad, inclinación e incluso que estamos volando.

I'd just gave @ferslash the link to the article in Spanish.

Some more info from Samsung:
In its press release Samsung describes the headphones method for activating this system in your body, and some potential use cases for the technology. "Electrical signals—like the ones used to help restore balance in stroke patients—are delivered via headphones equipped with electrodes that correspond with movement data input by engineers. Users thus feel as if they are a part of the on-screen action, and can also sense direction and speed of movement. And, when paired with the team’s Drone FPV, which utilizes data from the drone’s motion sensors, they can even feel like they are flying."

Don't kill the messenger!

Hehe ,,,,Our brains are gonna be like scrambled eggs in a few years,,,lol,,,

All this work into GVS, but still nothing regarding onboard motion-tracking? That's a strange organization of priorities...

sending electrical signals to my brain, thru my ears... mmm. no, i pass this one... i prefer a seat mover

First few comments on it have come out, they say it works.

Turns out it does use the electrode contact stuff. Doubt this will become any kind of real experience, might be nice for demos though. False alarm.

VR, whether Samsung or Oculus or whatever, is totally awesome.

Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation maybe we can shoot for SIMTOOLS v3 on this one lol. We could call it electro shock racing therapy