Deaf festival-goer 'felt like Superman' as haptic suit let him 'feel the music'

dailystar.co.uk:

A deaf festival-goer “felt like Superman” after he was able to “feel the music”, thanks to ground-breaking technology which could bring sound to life for thousands of others.Kyle Springate, 31, was the first to wear a cutting-edge haptic suit at the Mighty Hoopla festival in London’s Brockwell Park.The suits allow users to feel the music through multi-sensory feedback, delivered through vibrations across 24 touchpoints on the wrists, ankles and torso.Using Vodafone 5G machine learning technology, the suit is able to capture and transmit the atmosphere of the crowd as well as the music, giving deaf fans the ability to feel closer to the performance and audience around them.The suits were developed by the telecommunications company to provide an immersive sensory experience inspired by the deaf and hard of hearing community.Kyle, who is profoundly deaf, said: “I didn’t know what to expect.

When the crowd is that loud it can be hard to hear the music, but it was great to be in touch with the bass and the drums and everything else.“It was just a small vest with cuffs.

I had the bass and the drumming on the back with the vocals under my chest, and cuffs on my hands and feet.“It was incredible.

Every time the bass was going, I could feel it going up my spine, and when the crowd was going wild.“I feel like I need more – more bass, more volume.