Reality Labs haptic glove prototype (2021)
Research on tactile sensations for virtual-reality hand interaction
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Fluid Reality haptic glove (2023)
High-resolution shape-changing fingertip touch in virtual reality
- Connection & compatibility
- Wireless control; no external supply tubes or wires ↗
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| Prices · all markets | Price not verified 0 offer records & sourcesNo verified price in this audit. | Price not verified 0 offer records & sourcesNo verified price in this audit. |
| Designed for | Research on tactile sensations for virtual-reality hand interaction ↗ | High-resolution shape-changing fingertip touch in virtual reality ↗ |
| Form factor | Soft-actuator electronic glove prototype ↗ | Battery-powered five-finger haptic research glove ↗ |
| Power & output | Not verified | Approximately 10 mW per pixel ↗ |
| Weight | Not verified | 207 g including drive electronics and battery ↗ |
| Connection & compatibility | Not verified | Wireless control; no external supply tubes or wires ↗ |
| Research Year | 2021 ↗ | 2023 ↗ |
| Actuation | Soft robotic actuators distributed over the glove ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Fluid Control | Microfluidic processor controls airflow to the actuators ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Feedback Targets | Pressure, texture and vibration ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Hand Tracking | Research hand tracking determines virtual contact locations ↗ | Provided by the headset in the documented system ↗ |
| Rendering | Software maps hand/object properties to actuator instructions ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Integration Goal | VR headsets; later AR-glasses interaction was an intended direction ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Project Stage | Laboratory research prototype at the2021 disclosure ↗ | Not applicable to this category |
| Actuators | Not applicable to this category | 160 haptic actuators across five fingers ↗ |
| Pixel Density | Not applicable to this category | 20 haptic pixels per square centimetre ↗ |
| Actuator Thickness | Not applicable to this category | 5 mm ↗ |
| Mechanism | Not applicable to this category | Electroosmotic pump arrays with self-contained fluid actuation ↗ |
| Availability | Manufacturer explicitly described laboratory research. No announced consumer purchase price, production delivery or current release inferred. | Physical UIST2023 research prototype; no public complete-device retail price verified. |
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| Editorial pick & release | No editorial ranking recorded | No editorial ranking recorded |
| Evidence | Manufacturer source Checked 2026-10-13 | Manufacturer source Checked 2026-10-13 |
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