Haptic Feedback Glove in VR

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Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay for a demo of a real life haptic feedback glove for VR from the company HaptX. The companies press release from November 20th 2017 states that the gloves are the result of years of research and development, and that the gloves feature over 100 points of high displacement tactile feedback, up to 5 pounds of resistance per finger, and sub-millimeter precision motion tracking. The video below shows off how incredible this tech is.

This is absolutely incredible. The haptic feedback is amazing in itself, but the resistance from picking up and holding objects really blew me away. While there isn't any mention of the hardware being used in the video, the HaptX website also states that the HaptX Gloves will ship to select customers in 2018. Thanks to cageymaru for the story.
 
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How about for non VR use too? (Haven't watched the video, net is too slow today.) I once had an original MS force-feed back joy stick, it was great in flight simulators. Then they ruined them with the second much weaker edition and I never found a good one after that. I could see something like this giving new life to my expensive non-ff joystick (yeah I'd love a full VR flight sim, but I think that is a few years away yet from being practical for me the headsets are still a bit bulky and heavy). Seems like they are missing some market if they limit it to VR only (though if they are in such limited quantities I guess they don't care).
 
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How about for non VR use too? (Haven't watched the video, net is too slow today.) I once had an original MS force-feed back joy stick, it was great in flight simulators. Then they ruined them with the second much weaker edition and I never found a good one after that. I could see something like this giving new life to my expensive non-ff joystick (yeah I'd love a full VR flight sim, but I think that is a few years away yet from being practical for me the headsets are still a bit bulky and heavy). Seems like they are missing some market if they limit it to VR only (though if they are in such limited quantities I guess they don't care).
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Based on the video I think it could work there as well easily but it would easily cost a LOT more than a FF joystick
 
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Jan. 29, 2001--Immersion Corp., (Nasdaq:IMMR), pioneering the science of haptics to improve life and lifestyle through digital touch interaction technology, today announced that Lionhead Studios, one of the world's most respected computer game developers, has incorporated a fully featured library of tactile sensations into its forthcoming release, Black & White. This eagerly anticipated game is due for release in spring 2001 from Electronic Arts.

Using Immersion's patented TouchSense(TM) technology, Lionhead has added high-quality tactile sensations that correspond to events and environments within the game-world. These sensations add the missing sense of touch to visual and audio effects, bringing a whole new dimension of realism to the gaming experience.
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http://ir.immersion.com/news-releas...orates-immersions-touchsense-technology-black
 
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Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay for a demo of a real life haptic feedback glove for VR from the company HaptX. The companies press release from November 20th 2017 states that the gloves are the result of years of research and development, and that the gloves feature over 100 points of high displacement tactile feedback, up to 5 pounds of resistance per finger, and sub-millimeter precision motion tracking. The video below shows off how incredible this tech is.

This is absolutely incredible. The haptic feedback is amazing in itself, but the resistance from picking up and holding objects really blew me away. While there isn't any mention of the hardware being used in the video, the HaptX website also states that the HaptX Gloves will ship to select customers in 2018. Thanks to cageymaru for the story.
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This is really cool, I wonder what it will cost. Judging by the size of a box it connects to, this is going to be expensive.
 
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