This new VR glove, dubbed HaptGlove, allows users to engage with the metaverse in a more tactile manner, offering a genuine feeling of touch.

The team at NUS has engineered a haptic glove, HaptGlove, that offers users tactile sensations mimicking touch and grip, which could be advantageous in medical training scenarios within the metaverse. created Designed to create more authentic interactions with digital entities in the metaverse, the wireless HaptGlove allows users to perform actions like measuring an avatar's pulse or interacting with any virtual object in a lifelike manner.

The HaptGlove, which will soon be used by trainees at the National University Health System, features air pressure pads on the fingertips that replicate touch sensations. Moreover, it incorporates an internal pneumatic system that uses compressed air to alter the glove’s rigidity, simulating the feeling of grip and restricting hand movement as necessary. surgical tools.

As Yeo Joo Chuan from NUS’ Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech) stated, many existing gloves lack the essential tactile feedback, preventing users from actually feeling virtual objects. Our research aims to bridge that gap and deliver enhanced experiences.

The glove allows users to wirelessly interact with VR objects to gauge their form, dimensions, and rigidity. Using a microfluidic pneumatic indenter, it applies real-time pressure to the user's fingertips and can replicate the object’s shape and stiffness. HaptGloves are designed to be lightweight, with a minimal visual-haptic latency of less than 20 milliseconds, allowing for nearly instant feedback. immersive experience in the virtual world,”

said The latest model of the haptic gloves, developed by the NUS team, boasts a weight of only 250 grams, making it substantially lighter and more comfortable than currently available haptic gloves, which often exceed 450 grams.

The NUS team responsible for HaptGlove has been honored with the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2022 by The Institution of Engineers in Singapore. They are committed to launching this innovative product in the next two years through their newly established business, Microtube Technologies, which focuses on sensory technologies for gaming and metaverse solutions. Their objective is to make HaptGlove a cost-effective alternative compared to the existing haptic gloves in the market. user experience .

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