Meta is working on haptic gloves for you to ‘touch’ objects in the digital world

Meta, which was formerly known as Facebook, has been making a lot of noise in the augmented reality and virtual reality world. The whole idea of the ambitious Metaverse revolves heavily around AR and VR. Meta’s Reality Labs Research has shared a glimpse of a pair of haptic gloves that will allow you to touch the digital world.

According to a blog post by Meta, the idea is to have lightweight haptic gloves that “address both sides of the AR/VR interaction problem — helping the computer to accurately understand and reflect the wearer’s hand movements, and reproducing a range of complex, nuanced sensations for the wearer such as pressure, texture, and vibration to create the effect of feeling a virtual object with your hands.”