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Oct 31, 2024
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.
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Jun 11, 2024
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.
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Mar 21, 2024
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.
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Mar 19, 2024
FreeThink - Hard Reset - Sense of touch in VR?!
Freethink gets a demo of the Phantom at CES 2024
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Mar 8, 2024
SXSW Pitch Competition Finalist
Afference presents as a finalist in the SXSW Pitch Competition in the Extended Reality Category
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Jan 30, 2024
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.
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Jan 28, 2024
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.
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Nov 17, 2023
CES 2024 Best of Innovation Awardee
Afference wins the sought after Best of Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show 2024.
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Oct 6, 2023
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.
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Sep 27, 2023
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.
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Sep 26, 2023
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...
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Mar 26, 2023
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.
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Jan 24, 2023
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.
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May 31, 2022
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.
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May 19, 2022
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?
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Sep 1, 2021
Sensors, rewiring nerves could help prosthetics feel real
How sensors, rewiring nerves could help prosthetics feel and function like real limbs.
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Jan 17, 2017
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.
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Nov 16, 2015
A Prosthetic Hand That Can Feel
An innovative prosthetic hand is allowing people to feel again.
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