Haptic feedback gives gamers a sense of touch in the virtual world
Engineering students in Texas have developed a glove that allows a user to feel what they’re touching while gaming.
The Hands Omni glove developed at Rice University’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen is expected to provide a way for gamers to feel the environments they inhabit through technology that includes 3D heads-ups displays.
According to the University, the prototype glove introduced at the George R. Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase and developed with sponsor Virtuix, a Houston gaming technology company, is intended to provide force feedback to the fingertips as players touch, press or grip objects in the virtual world.
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