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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Andrew Young

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

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.

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