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Lightweight Battery-Powered Haptic Glove Lets You Touch VR Objects

Lightweight Battery-Powered Haptic Glove Lets You Touch VR Objects

A research team from EPFL in Lausanne and ETH in Zurich have developed a haptic feedback glove that is both lightweight and low-powered, which allows users to touch and hold virtual objects

At a mere 40 grams (or 8 grams per finger), the glove runs on only 200-volts of battery power, and can simulate the tactile experiences of both very hard and very soft objects.

Queue the dirty jokes, but this represents a major step forward in the development of interactive Virtual Reality technology, which is finally moving into the mainstream after many previous failed attempts.

#VR

https://www.pcmag.com/news/364417/lightweight-glove-allows-virtual-objects-to-be-touched

What he said :)

What he said 🙂

Edit: On the serious side – the announced VR revolution will be slowed at such a price point. I might add that I have seen quite a few attempts at making VR go mainstream, and I’ve previously said that I think that also this attempt will be another failish meh, like 3D video.
 
Personally, I am a lot more interested in Magic Leap and HoloLens as there are so many more real world things applicable for Augmented Reality over Virtual Reality.

     

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