Singapore researchers create glove with 'enhanced' virtual touch

HaptGlove uses haptic feedback to enhance users' virtual experience.

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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) create gloves that will enable users to more realistically experience the "feel" of objects in virtual environments. Touting the creation as different from existing technologies, they say the HaptGlove delivers real-time pressure to fingertips and simulates the texture of objects. 

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The glove taps haptic feedback and pneumatic control that is embedded with the researchers' microfluidic sensing technology. This helps shrink the size and weight of the glove, without the need for bulky accessories, according to the NUS team.

HaptGlove features five pairs of haptic feedback modules, one for each finger, that are controlled wirelessly to read the VR object with regards to its shape, size, and texture. 

A microfluidic pneumatic indenter pushes real-time pressure to the wearer's fingertips, enabling him to "sense" contact when the avatar touches, grabs, and moves the VR object. The glove further restricts the wearer's finger positions to simulate the shape and texture of the object. 

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