“The touch is intact in the virtual space… ”Tesla suit gloves

Teslasuit Glove is a virtual reality glove introduced by Teslasuit, a company that provides tactile feedback and motion capture suits, with the ability to feel the supersensory of objects in a virtual space and collect biometric information.

This product is equipped with more functions than other virtual reality gloves such as HaptX, which has a function that conveys tactile sensation. Electrodes that convey the touch of an object in a virtual space are located in nine places, including the finger part, and the plastic exoskeleton component creates vibration or resistance that reproduces the touch of a virtual object. In addition to this tactile reproduction function, the entire glove is equipped with a motion capture function that captures hand movements, including wrists and fingers, and a pulse oximeter that collects information such as heart rate and records the user’s biological response.

Tesla Suit also provides Tesla Suit, a suit product with the same name as the company. Tesla suit is a suit for virtual reality equipped with tactile reproduction function, motion capture function, and temperature reproduction function. According to the manufacturer, it is used in various fields, such as training astronauts.

The Tesla suit acts as an interface between humans and the digital world. You can learn skills that can be used in real life by conducting digital world simulations using Tesla suits. Tesla suits can provide feedback on touch and temperature to any part of the body. It also has a motion capture function of the wearer and a function of collecting biometric information. In real space, a leader and training tools are required, but virtual training using a Tesla suit does not require these costs. In virtual reality training, dangerous situations such as fire sites or outer space can be performed without risk.

The Teslasuit sells for $5,000 and may not be suitable for gaming entertainment purposes. Tesla suit gloves are still in development, so the price is unknown. Related information can be found here .