haptic

Cixin Liuの "The Three-Body Problem" を読んでいます。文化革命から40年以上経たThe Shooter and the Farmarの章からの引用です。

Wang knocked on the door. It wasn't locked, and it opened a crack. Shen was seated in front of a computer, playing a game. He was surprised to see that she wore a V-suit.
The Vsuit was a very popular piece of equipment among gamers, made up of a panoramic viewing helmet and a haptic feedback suit. The suit allowed the player to experience the sensations of the game: being struck by a fist, being stabbed by a knife, being burned by flames, and cold, even simulating the sensation of being exposed in a snowstorm.

話の時代が現在に近づいてきました。　"haptic feedback suit" はこの後の文からすると、殴られたり、ナイフで刺されたり、あるいは熱や寒さも実際の様に感じることが出来る衣服ですね。 "haptic" を辞書で調べます。

・Oxford English Dictionary: Relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to the perception and manipulation of objects using the senses of touch and proprioception.: ‘haptic feedback devices create the illusion of substance and force within the virtual world’
・Collins Dictionary: relating to or based on the sense of touch: Haptic devices may also be able to trigger emotions in viewers.
・Vocabulary.com: Anything that's haptic has to do with the sense of touch. When you feel your phone vibrate in your pocket, you're getting a haptic signal that your friend just texted you.
Haptic is a technical term, and it's most often used to talk about new technology. Virtual reality games are much more "real" when haptic sensations are involved — in other words, when you can actually feel cool air around you or shifting ground under your feet, rather than simply seeing the virtual environment with your eyes. The word comes from a Greek root, haptikos, "able to come into contact with."

なるほど、昨年から着用しているスマートウォッチも何かニュースが入って来ると振動するので、時計の画面を見るとニュースが表示されていますが、文字が小さいので私には読み難い。この振動も "haptic" 信号なのですね。