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Smart gloves could use haptic feedback to teach physical skills | Personalized feedback could record and transfer sensations for piano playing, controller robots, and more


Researchers from MIT have developed smart gloves that can record, transmit, and deliver personalized haptic feedback. The technology could enhance immersion in augmented reality or improve physical...

Forward-looking: Gloves and haptic feedback have been tested as digital input methods repeatedly over the decades, but the technology still hasn't received wide acceptance. Students wearing smart gloves could feel the same sensation when hovering over the correct keys, adding a physical element to digitally transmitted instruction to simulate hands-on training. Moreover, a machine learning step customizes the gloves and haptic feedback for individual users based on their reactions and hand measurements.

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