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While technology is making major strides in absorbing our eyes and ears in virtual worlds, it’s harder to engage senses like touch. Engineers at the City University of Hong Kong have now developed WeTac, a thin, wearable electronic “skin” that provides… Continue reading Haptic hydrogel “skin” simulates touch in VR and AR
Redmond-based HaptX is preparing for business in the metaverse age with the launch of a pair of “ground-breaking” haptic gloves that allow enterprise users to get to grips with objects in the virtual workplace.Continue ReadingCategory: Virtual Reality,… Continue reading HaptX Gloves G1 bring a sense of touch to the virtual workplace
Us humans aren’t so good at grasping things underwater, but new research reveals how nature could lend us a helping hand. Scientists have developed a glove specifically for these purposes that takes its design cues from an octopus, featuring rubber suc… Continue reading Electronic glove senses objects and sucks onto them like an octopus
It goes without saying that surgeons require a very delicate, precise touch. A new set of surgical training gloves were designed with that fact in mind, as they monitor their wearer’s hand movements, and provide feedback on their technique.Continue Rea… Continue reading “Smart” surgical gloves track medical students’ hand movements
Last month, social media giant Facebook rebranded as Meta and revealed its vision for the future of online interaction. Much of the news so far has focused on what immersed users will see, but the company is also working on bringing touch to the Metave… Continue reading Facebook-Meta working on lightweight gloves for tactile realism in VR
Donning VR headsets for training can bring some realism to a simulated training environment, but it would be better if you could feel objects you interact with in the virtual realm. That’s precisely what the SenseGlove Nova haptic force-feedback gloves… Continue reading SenseGlove Nova brings a sense of touch to virtual reality training
Over the years, we’ve seen a number of experimental “smart” gloves that convert their deaf wearer’s hand gestures into text and/or audible speech. The aptly named Sign Language Translation Glove, however, is claimed to be the first mass-produced produc… Continue reading Sign Language Translation Glove may soon be coming to a hand near you
Any fitness expert will tell you, weightlifting is about more than just lifting weights up and down. A new set of “smart” gloves is designed with that in mind, as they track multiple performance metrics in real real time.Continue ReadingCategory: Weara… Continue reading Sensor-packin’ gloves designed to be a wearable weightlifting coach
In the world of fast-paced online gaming, every second of response time counts … in fact, make that every millisecond. The Impulse Neuro-Controller was designed with that in mind, as it detects mouse-clicks before they actually happen.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Fast-response gaming glove knows when you’re about to click
Although there are now many heated gloves on the market, the Antelife G1 is claimed to be the world’s first to feature precisely adjustable heat. I recently had the chance to try a pair out, and they performed just as advertised.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Review: Antelife heated gloves put temperature control in your hands