Driver-X's gloves are a cheaper way to get hands on in the metaverse - Engadget

There are 2 words that volition marque gamers of a definite property spell anemic astatine the knees: Power Glove. We’re not saying Driver-X was inspired by the legendary Nintendo accessory erstwhile conceiving its “Contact Glove” VR controller, but the comparisons are going to beryllium inevitable.

Driver-X’s haptic VR gloves bash treble work arsenic some a sensory feedback instrumentality for “grabbing” objects successful a virtual satellite and a VR controller. The institution claims it’s the archetypal VR mitt that uses micro coils to present a much authentic tactile experience. The coils situation your fingers and erstwhile a existent is applied they declaration a connected movie to provide, hopefully, a much realistic sensory experience.

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The controller portion uses manus “poses” and gestures to mimic the buttons and triggers recovered connected accepted controllers. It’s a logical mode to adhd other functionality, particularly arsenic the full constituent is to not beryllium holding thing (not thing successful the existent satellite astatine least).

Perhaps the much absorbing “feature” is the price. The Contact Glove starts astatine astir $1,850 which is considerably little than some of the existent alternatives (although each attack is rather antithetic and possibly not straight comparable).

Either way, if you’re funny successful getting your palms successful a pair, it’s worthy knowing that the gloves are presently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. At the precise least, the extremity has already been reached, and we did spot a moving demo present astatine CES but the accustomed caveats apply.