Haptic gloves use force feedback technology to simulate tactile sensations from virtual objects by applying vibrations and motions to the user's hands. They work by tracking hand movements precisely and generating electric currents to create vibrations that match virtual interactions. Current haptic gloves are used for gaming, robot control, design, education, and medical/industrial simulation. Prices range from $150 for basic gaming gloves to $5,000 for professional simulators. Reviewers were impressed with how realistically the gloves reproduced tactile sensations like touching different surfaces. The future may include more medical, textile, and holographic applications of the technology.
3. What is Haptic
technology ?
Haptics is a broad term
describing technologies
that a user experiences
through their sense of
touch.
technology that can
create an experience of
touch by applying
forces, vibrations, or
motions to the user.
It refers to technology that
interfaces the user with a
virtual environment via the
sense of touch by applying
force, vibrations and motion
to the user.
4. What Are Haptic
Gloves ?
The Haptic Glove is
a wearable device
that simulates
tactile sensations
of virtual objects!
5. How It works ?
● Haptic technologies use a force
feedback loop to manipulate
the movement of the user and
go beyond a simple vibration
alert.
● The basic principle of a haptic
sensor is the generation of an
electric current that drives a
response to create a vibration
6. Features
Force Feedback
Haptics
Feel real forces,
not vibration
Precision Hand
Tracking
Absolute Control &
motion capture
Usability
No wires , No
problems
Easy To use
7. Uses Of Haptic Gloves
-Gaming
-Robot design &
control
-Arts and Design
-Museum
-Shopping
-Medical
-Mathematical
modeling &
simulation
-Virtual training
10. Like in astronaut training, emergency
evacuation drill practice, and other simulation
scenarios cost at around $5,000.
For Gaming
The gaming ones can start from 150 USD. You
can also make these by DIY. As, some people
also sell its parts.
Price
For Potential Applications
11. Client Reviews
Jeff Bezos,
Founder and CEO of
Amazon
“Weirdly natural... That
is really impressive. The
tactile feedback is
tremendous.”
Richard Trenholm
CNET’s film & TV
reviewer
“The Haptic Glove makes
the virtual so startingly real
I thought I was actually
touching a rock, a cloud ,
and a spider.”
Janko Roettgers ,
Variety’s tech writer
“The glove could
accurately reproduce the
sensation of something
slowly sliding over hand.”
