# Feelium: A Touchable Blimp Body for Aerial Telepresence

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.29391 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.29391/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 29 Aug 2026.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Touvigation: Embodied Adaptive Object Acquisition for Blind and Low-Vision Users in Unfamiliar Indoor Environments](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.21828/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Floating things invite touch. We present Feelium, a blimp-based telepresence platform that enables visual embodiment and touch interaction through its inflatable skin. Through a VR headset, a remote person inhabits the blimp, looking out of it first-person, appearing on its skin as a face or avatar, and steering it through the room. Partners in the room pat it, press a palm against it, draw on it, or lean into it; the skin senses each contact, renders it into the wearer's view in VR spaces. Touch thus provides a physical interaction channel for remote presence, turning the skin into a shared surface between remote and co-located partners.