UnlimitedHand
A haptic game controller that lets you experience virtual reality just by wearing it on your arm.
About
Simply Wrap It Around Your Arm to Experience Virtual Reality
Haptic Game Controller
UnlimitedHand is a VR game controller that utilizes gesture recognition as well as technology that controls the hands and fingers through electrical stimulation, allowing users to physically experience simulated tactile sensations from virtual worlds—such as those in games—with their own hands.
Solution
Bringing Hand Movements and Tactile Sensations into the Digital World
UnlimitedHand recreates hand movements and tactile sensations—which conventional controllers could not reproduce—through both input and output.
UnlimitedHand not only allows you to interact with virtual spaces but also enables an experience where you can “touch and feel” them.
Feature
INPUT
Gesture recognition that detects the user’s hand movements and translates them into the game world.
UnlimitedHand uses motion sensors and a muscle deformation sensor array built into a device worn on the arm to input the user’s hand movements into VR games.
OUTPUT
Signals from a computer (game) send low- and medium-frequency electrical stimuli from the device to the user’s arm, causing the fingers and wrist to move.
The functional electrical stimulation built into the device causes the user’s hand muscles to contract, providing the user with a simulated sense of touch.