Surround Haptic Lounge Chair

Be the protagonist. With the Disney's Surround Haptic Lounge chair. Tiny impulse nodes set in a grid on the surface of the seat vibrate across your back. Synchronize what you see and hear with what you feel for a more immersive movie-watching or gaming experience.

For Disney Research Pittsburgh, I worked with electrical engineers on the design and fabrication of a prototype chair that uses bent plywood to create a flexible structure that conforms to the users back. High density foam distributes the electronic hardware in an even grid across the surface and provides an additional layer of support.