The point of virtual reality is to simulate the feeling of being there. Instead of staring at your computer monitor or TV when playing a game or watching a video, putting on a virtual reality headset will give you the sense that you’re actually there in battle or in the movie scene itself. However while you can see, you can’t really feel, but that’s what the Gloveone wants to do.
Developed by Spain-based tech company NeuroDigital Technologies, Gloveone wants to help virtual reality users “feel” what they are seeing. This will be thanks to a series of embedded sensors that can be found in the palm area, thumb, index, and middle fingers. These sensors can detect each other so that you can sense what it’s like to hold a virtual object like a gun or a piece of fruit.
The gloves will also come with a 9-axis inertial measure unity (IMU) sensor. While typically found in aircrafts where it is used to record velocity and gravitational forces, the sensor in the gloves will help to track your movements within the virtual reality setting, making the experience more immersive than before.
As it stands the company behind the Gloveone has completed prototyping the device and has turned to Kickstarter to make it a reality. It’s an interesting piece of technology which should go well with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset that is due for a release next year, so if you’d like to help out or learn more, check out its Kickstarter campaign or the video above.
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