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Widely available booths reproduce the full tactile experience.

Reference judgmentWrong / missedDisputedResearch snapshot · October 15, 2026
Source confidence & research status
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Editorial paraphrase · evidence v0.3. AI-assisted editorial assessments; original book editions not independently collated. Attribution and outcome confidence are recorded separately.

Source state: TEXT CONFIRMED IN LISTED SOURCE.

Attribution confidence
MEDIUM
Outcome confidence · deadline / review
HIGH / HIGH
Timing confidence / kind
LOW · UNESTABLISHED
Population
Technology markets and relevant users; no universality unless the forecast expressly requires it.

Our reading of the claim

Reference (stated reasonable reading)

Wrong / missed

Criterion: A widely available booth convincingly reproduces whole-body pressure, temperature, texture and wetness.

Deadline: 2019 · Included in this comparison

At original deadlineNOT FULFILLED
By review dateNOT FULFILLED

Limited vibration/force feedback did not constitute the specified full tactile environment in 2019. Recent finger-scale thermal/pressure research remains materially short of an all-enveloping, all-facet consumer booth.

Deadline and follow-up notes

At deadline: Limited vibration/force feedback did not constitute the specified full tactile environment in 2019.

By review: Recent finger-scale thermal/pressure research remains materially short of an all-enveloping, all-facet consumer booth.

Evidence: N28 (opens in a new tab)

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The forecast and its attribution.

EDITORIAL PARAPHRASE

Widely available booths reproduce the full tactile experience.

Spiritual Machines: The Merging of Man and Machine — Ray Kurzweil

1999 · Attribution / year unconfirmed
Personal relationships in 2019: total-touch environment

AUTHORED ARTICLE THIRD PARTY MIRROR

Source publication: 1999 · Access: text checked

Attributed to Kurzweil; closing note identifies adaptation from The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999). An article mirror, not a scan of the book. Text transcription may contain errors. The article’s dollar amounts must not silently replace differently quoted book versions.

Catalogue entry P02
Open listed source (opens in a new tab)
Normalized claim
Widely available booths reproduce the full tactile experience.
Success criteria
A widely available booth convincingly reproduces whole-body pressure, temperature, texture and wetness.
Claim type
Capability
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Timeline

PREDICTION MADE1999Attributed forecast year; original edition not collated
ORIGINAL TARGET2019Deadline supplied by this assessment
FULL REALIZATION—No achievement year established

UNESTABLISHED: Not fully realized by 2026-10-15; overdue, not an observed delay

Outcome at original deadlineNOT FULFILLED
Outcome at reviewNOT FULFILLED

Supplied target wording: 2019. The original deadline is preserved if a later forecast revises it. Forecast horizon: not established. Drift is a calendar-year difference, not a precise elapsed duration.

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The evidence.

CONTEXT · Publication date not recorded

Research prototype for thermal and pressure haptics (opens in a new tab)

Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.. Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.

Source checked as of 2026-10-15
PRIMARY PREPRINT

Source publication: 2025-08 · Access: web text or indexed extract checked

Local finger-scale multimodal haptics; not whole-body, all-sensation realism. Preprint status retained.

Catalogue entry N28

Capability, adoption, and timing

A related breakthrough is not automatically fulfillment. Review must check the actual capability, how widely it was required to be used, the specified technology, and the original deadline. A prototype cannot establish a claim about routine or widespread use.

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Alternative interpretation: A substantial gap in a central all-enveloping capability earns MISSED, not automatic partial credit for a related component.
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Research notes & history

A substantial gap in a central all-enveloping capability earns MISSED, not automatic partial credit for a related component.

Open questions

  • Original-edition collation remains an attribution task; it does not erase the stated outcome assessment.
Imported from
kurzweil_verification_v0_3_package/predictions.canonical.v0.3.json
Legacy identifier
None
Forecast family
K031
Parent statement
Not assigned
File checksum
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Review history

— Evidence v0.2: UNREVIEWED. Audiovisual headsets are not evidence of this all-body tactile outcome. The imported broad “VR indistinguishable” wording hid the actual test. No verified full-achievement date is supplied. Change: Complete deadline/current outcome assessment under explicit scope; separate uncertainty from verdict.

— Evidence v0.3: EDITORIAL_ASSESSMENT_COMPLETE; supplied verdict WRONG. Limited vibration/force feedback did not constitute the specified full tactile environment in 2019. Recent finger-scale thermal/pressure research remains materially short of an all-enveloping, all-facet consumer booth.

Related forecasts.

No forecast family has been resolved for this record. Related statements and revised deadlines will be linked during research.