British company Ultrahaptics has developed a unique technology that enables users to receive tactile sensations from invisible three dimension objects floating in mid-air. Using ultrasound to ...

A new mind-machine interface translates brain signals into movements AND sends artificial touch feedback back to the brain. This means monkeys can control objects on a computer display with a virtual ...

A team of researchers developed electronic skin (e-skin) that gives its users the capability of manipulating virtual objects without the bulky gloves that are commonly used in virtual and augmented ...

A new magnetosensitive electronic skin that can manipulate physical and virtual objects without touching them could find use in robotics, virtual and augmented reality, remote control and could even ...

Virtual reality motion controllers work pretty well at syncing up the movements of digital digits with your real ones, but they aren't all that good at recreating the sense of touch. Scientists from ...

Future Apple AR devices, such as "Apple Glass," may include holograms to make moving through virtual environments feel more natural. Apple has already very many patents and patent applications ...

A new virtual reality controller lets you touch and feel digital objects in the metaverse. Virtual reality platforms are a hot topic right now, so naturally, the demand for gadgets that better the ...

When you visit a museum, you’re not only surrounded by visual displays, but by sound as well. The shuffling of feet, people talking, a guide explaining something. It’s never entirely quiet. But in ...

We're still getting used to the immersive magic virtual reality offers, but a new experiment from Disney Research pushes the technology into another realm: interaction with real objects while in VR. A ...

Ryff has a big idea that it says could turn the $23 billion product placement market upside down. Product placement is the advertising tactic of placing a branded object, like a bottle of Coca-Cola, ...