VR glove maker positions to meet growing demand
The financing, says the company, will fund the production of the next generation of its HaptX Gloves – offered as the world’s most realistic haptic gloves for virtual reality and robotics.
“Over the past year, we’ve had dozens of world-class companies successfully pilot our HaptX Gloves Development Kit,” says Jake Rubin, Founder and CEO of HaptX. “With this foundational strategic partnership and fresh capital, we’re well positioned to scale up production to meet rapidly growing demand.”
Advanced Input Systems delivers engineering and manufacturing expertise in human-machine interface (HMI) products for companies worldwide, enabling intuitive human-machine experiences in the medical, industrial, commercial, military and gaming sectors. The partnership between HaptX and Advanced Input Systems, say the companies, includes product development, manufacturing, and go-to-market collaboration.
Eric Ballew, President of Advanced Input Systems adds, “HaptX and Advanced Input Systems are overcoming a long-standing technology gap of seamlessly connecting the physical world to the virtual world. The ability of the HaptX solution to provide realistic touch feedback in wearable haptic devices bridges this gap, accelerating the adoption of VR products in enterprise applications.”
Enterprise customers are using HaptX Gloves in VR design, training, and robotics. Earlier this year, HaptX announced a collaboration with Nissan that brought touch to the automaker’s virtual vehicle prototypes. Fundamental Surgery integrated HaptX Gloves into their VR medical training platform.
HaptX unveiled a first-of-its-kind haptic telerobot developed with All Nippon Airways, Tangible Research, and Shadow Robot Company. In a widely publicized demo, Jeff Bezos described the system as “really impressive” and remarked that “the tactile feedback is tremendous.”
The latest funding brings the company’s total funding to $19 million. The round included participation from existing investors NetEase and Amit Kapur of Dawn Patrol Ventures, joined by new investors Mason Avenue Investments, Taylor Frigon Capital Partners, Upheaval Investments, Votiv Capital, Keiretsu Forum and Keiretsu Capital.
HaptX will be showcasing its VR and robotics applications at CES in January.
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