Drew Burrows came home every night to “an empty bed.” So what did he do? He created a 2-D virtual girlfriend, projected onto his bed using an infrared-sensitive light projection, to cuddle with. The invention was presented last week at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show at Tisch School of the Arts, New York Magazine reports.
The “virtual girlfriend” responds to human movements using an infrared sensor connected to a light projection: “Lie on your back, she snuggles up right next to you in a log position. Curl up in the fetal position, she spoons…Give her kiss on the check and she rolls over and buries her face in the pillow. And yes, she stays fully clothed at all times,” the magazine reports.—Catherine Rampell
(Photo by Drew Burrows)
