As Seen as
AXIS (design magazin in Japan) <NEW!>
October 2020（vol.207）
Longlisted on Dezeen Awards
Aug 2020
Featured on ACM Interaction
January-February 2020 Edition
Featured on J. Walter Thompson Intelligence
The Future 100
2020 Edition
Featured on vpro.nl
24 October 2019
Featured on NU.nl
24 October 2019
Exhibited Dutch Design Week 2019
Klokgebouw | Hall 3
Klokgebouw 50
5617 AB Eindhoven
19th -27th October 2019
Featured on LS:N by The Future Laboratory
Exhibited at London Design Festival 2019
16th-20th September 2019
WHAT ?
Touch Textures
FULU can create tactile experience of textures from 2D images, adding 3D depth to current 2D screens. You can feel the touch of textures like a breeze between leaves, or a holiday beach.
Send and Receive Touch
With FULU, you can send and receive touch remotely. You can “touch call” with a long-distance partner or family members, even between Tokyo and London.
HOW ?
How it works?
Demo
Augmented Touch
FULU creates a virtual feeling of touch on the top side of the nail, whilst your soft finger pad is free to touch physical objects. In other words, FULU creates ‘Augmented Touch’, allowing users to experience virtual and physical touch seamlessly and simultaneously.
WHY?
Currently, digital experiences are focused on the audio-visual whilst other human senses are neglected. Of these other sensory systems, touch is important for creating trust and empathy, such as when babies first create a connection with their mother by a simple touch. Psychologists have proven that people can communicate six emotions via touch alone
— anger, fear, disgust, love, gratitude and sympathy.
ABOUT the Creator
FULU is currently on prototyping stage and aiming for production in 2026.
FULU is first designed and developed by RYO TADA in 2019.
RYO is an ex-McKinsey consultant and a graduate in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art (MA) and Imperial College London (MSc).
She is a design engineer born in Tokyo and based in New York, London and Tokyo.
Contact us for further information and press kit.
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Photo: Deo Suveera
Video: Yukako Tanaka