Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Haptic Gloves That Let You 'Feel' Virtual Objects
Facebook's Metaverse dreams are inching closer to life each day. After changing the parent company's name to Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing the development of immersive technology in the form of AR/VR glasses and now... gloves with haptic feedback.
Essentially, the new Metaverse-ready gloves by Meta will let you feel sensations of virtual objects as if they were manifesting physically.
Mimicking the physical world
With your fancy glasses and gloves, the tangibility of all-things-virtual will become a reality. Using air pockets, the haptic glove will let users feel the sensations of holding a ?virtual object or touching a surface, for starters.
?Developed by Meta's Reality Labs research division, the glove is fitted with 15 plastic pads called "actuators," The Verge reported. These pads will snugly fit right under the fingers, palms, and fingertips of a user to help them feel things.
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg showed off the haptic gloves in a video on his Facebook page. A release by Meta explained how the "comfortable and customizable gloves" are able to reproduce multiple sensations including "texture, pressure, and vibration."
?To ensure stability akin to the physical world, the glove will help lock the hand in a certain position. It's reportedly supposed to be sturdy enough to mimic the feeling of holding a ball in the Metaverse.
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So far, the company hasn't shared when the gloves will be available for public use. But as the company's Metaverse plans materialise, the day may not be very far.
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Citation
Robertson, A. (2021, November 16). Meta haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets. The Verge.?
