Body controlling fursuit?

[baffledbodyswapper]

I came across an idea so interesting that I just had to share it with the furry community!

What if we developed a suit full of muscle simulators that could "control" our bodies remotely, which would be worn underneath a fursuit. (Sounds a bit creepy but hear me out) The suit could help "guide" our bodies to act more like the characters we are fursuiting as, especially since body language is a huge thing in terms of giving that "magic" feeling. For example, it could stimulate our muscles so we could walk more like an animal or a particular gender. It could also help quadsuiters mimic the details of quadrupedal movement by means of stimulating the right muscles.

Would you wear such a thing? Do you think it would be a cool addition to a fursuit to make it more authentic?

Here's a link to an article I was drawing inspiration from: www.telegraph.co.uk: London student creates machine to 'swap bodies'

Imagine wearing this underneath a fursuit:

 

[Casey Fluffbat]

Sounds incredibly ambitious for something as small as the way you move in a fursuit.

 

[Vinny (Tpr)]

While i like the idea there is one major issue i see with this idea a system like that would require a battery and a rather big one and you would need a conversation circuit board to switch it from AC to DC not to mention the battery would be cooking inside of the suit and would require a decent cooling vent

you really dont want AC current running into your body

 

[Arcturus Maple]

Besides, if the electronics are doing the motions, is there any reason to have you in the suit? At that point, actuators would be more efficient.

 

[JumboWumbo]

So basically just a robot?

Sounds pretty lame.

 

[marcwolf]

You could do this using EMG.. however the big issue will be conductivity and a sweaty environment.

 

[Okami_No_Heishi]

Some of the Fursuiters I have seen have their body language down to a tee. Watch Kiba Wolf's videos of various Cons. They are good.

 

[Okami_No_Heishi]

 

[Badger94]

That looks insanely fun!

 

[baffledbodyswapper]

So I decided to buy myself a muscle stimulator and experiment with this concept myself. I attached electrotrodes to my legs, as well as my arms. I won't go into specific details, but basically I was targeting muscles in my legs that cause you to turn while walking and muscles in my arms that cause them to lift up like a bird's wings.

I then plugged all the electrodes into my stimulator, testing each muscle before putting on my fursuit. I proceeded to put on my fursuit, first testing how it controlled my legs. I set the stimulator to an alternating pattern and felt my walking involuntarily sway hard left, then hard right and back again. It was a very surprising result!

This also held true for my arms, which I set to simultaneously contract with maximum stimulator level. They moved up and down without my control, and I was involuntarily "flapping" my wings.

Overall it was a very strange experience and I'm not quite sure if someone would be comfortable with this...