A floating avatar head that can look, listen and speak in the real world, a desk-embedded robot mole, high-tech tops, express-changing "minimal humans", phantom haptic gaming chairs. The 38th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques sounds like a place of wild dreams…

Imagine playing a game that can caress you, run its finger down your back, make you feel as if you're flying, falling, crashing, or bugs are crawling over your face.