Tesla Suit – A Perceptible Skin That Lets You ‘Feel’ Virtual Reality

Developed by 21 year old, Oculus Rift is virtual reality (VR) headset that began the current frenzy about VR. And now, VR has come a long way with almost every other IT company stepping into the development of such headsets that allow you to exist in a virtual environment. The headsets that come out nowadays are much different from each other. Now, a UK based company called Tesla Studios have developed a suit named as Teslasuit, which is actually a skin which you can wear and feel the sensations of what is happening in the VR.

Teslasuit, a skin tight wireless suit covering the user’s body uses a technology called Electro Muscular Stimulation (EMS) because of which the user wearing the suit has a perception i.e. a sense of touch and pressure on your skin if somebody or something (like a cool breeze or a bullet) touches the user in the VR. Additionally, the suit has a temperature sensor meaning the user will be able to feel the changes even when there is change of temperature in the VR surrounding.


The Tesla team is saying that the suit is compatible with all the current headsets present in the market. Developed using the proprietary OS of Tesla Studios called TeslaOS, the suit has a 1 GHz quad core processor, 1 GB of RAM and is powered by 10,000 mAh battery. The main processing unit is in the belt that user will wear which is linked to other modular units like Haptics (a form of interaction involving touch), Motion Capture and Climate Control.

Tesla brought its 2nd prototype of the suit to Kickstarter on 1st January. The cost and actual availability details are not yet known. Also the details about integration with the VR headsets as well how software interfacing will work is yet known. We will update you with more details when they become available.

Via: 'Teslasuit' is a Tactile Skin that Lets You Feel VR, Kickstarter Jan 1st – Road to VR