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Learn more about Afference through recent earned media coverage.

Afference raised $3.5 million to develop the Afference Ring.

The haptic device that will debut at CES 2025 in January. Seed round investors include Hannah Grey VC, Konvoy, and Samsung Next.

Feeling Invisible Worlds: Spatial Computing, Haptics & A Future of Perception

With spatial computing’s hype validated, we can finally touch upon perhaps the most fascinating and under-discussed requirement of this future: haptic technology.

Haptics Club #50 Exploring the Future of Digital Interaction

Haptic Club's interview with CEO Jacob Segil will offer a deeper understanding of Afference's technology and its innovative contributions to the field.

FreeThink - Hard Reset - Sense of touch in VR?!

Freethink gets a demo of the Phantom at CES 2024

SXSW Pitch Competition Finalist

Afference presents as a finalist in the SXSW Pitch Competition in the Extended Reality Category

This new haptic hand tracking glove could be a perfect fit for the Apple Vision Pro

Unlike traditional VR gloves that cover the user's entire hand, the Phantom leaves the user's fingers uncovered.

Tech hacks the nervous system to bring touch to virtual reality

This device, called the Phantom, is a neural haptic device that doesn’t stimulate touch through a poke or vibrations. Instead, it hacks your nervous system.

CES 2024 Best of Innovation Awardee

Afference wins the sought after Best of Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show 2024.

I tried a gadget that could totally change how you interact with your PC

I demoed a new device that may bridge the gap between what you see and what you feel while computing.

Afference raises $1.5M to develop wearable neural interface platform

Afference announced today that it has raised $1.5 million in funding to develop its new neural interface (or “artificial sensation”) platform, called Phantom. Konvoy led the round.

Why We Invested in Afference

The next age of computing is upon us and is now called "spatial computing". The industry is undergoing a transition towards a novel medium for...

Advancements in Prosthetics Limb Technology Allow Feeling, Control

Technological advances in prosthetic limbs are returning a sense of touch to amputees. Scott Pelley reports on the breakthrough technology.

Afference creates artificial touch sensations with rings on your fingers

A new technology uses rings worn on the fingers to simulate artificial touch sensations, enhancing tactile experiences in gaming and virtual environments with realistic feedback.

Restoring a Lost Sense of Touch

As scientists help an industrial worker regain his sense of touch through a prosthetic arm, we learn about the mechanics of human touch.

The Audacious Science Pushing the Boundaries of Human Touch

It's the first sensation we feel, our most primal connection to others. Can implants and electrical signaling replicate the experience of touch?

Sensors, rewiring nerves could help prosthetics feel real

How sensors, rewiring nerves could help prosthetics feel and function like real limbs.

For Amputees, Reactivating the Sense of Touch

When Keith Vonderhuevel lost his arm in a factory accident, he never thought that he'd be able to feel his hand again. That may very well change.

A Prosthetic Hand That Can Feel

An innovative prosthetic hand is allowing people to feel again.