Hand motion-capturing device

Virtual reality for your HANDS

'Motion-capture' exoskeleton lets you touch and move objects in computer games.

It may look like a hi-tech instrument of torture, but this strange gadget is an exoskeleton for the hand.
The device can be used to control robots as well as with virtual reality headsets to make video games more immersive.

The exoskeleton uses haptic feedback to allow wearers to feel the size of a visual object they are touching on screen. 

This device called Dexmo -- available in classic and F2 variants -- can be used as a virtual reality or a robot controller. 

the F2 version even has haptic feedback, letting you feel the size of the virtual object you've picked up on screen. The classic version, on the other hand, is purely an input device. In robotics, it can be used to control mechanical hands and arms, even ones designed for dangerous and sensitive tasks like bomb disposal.

Dexmo can be used to mix music or even control remote-controlled cars and smart lighting, among many other things.

HOW DOES DEXMO WORK?

->The Dexmo exoskeleton is designed to be worn on the hand.

->It comes in two versions - the classic and F2 - both of which can be used to control robots or with a virtual reality headset, in order to play games.

->The F2 exoskeleton uses haptic feedback to allow wearers to feel the size of a visual object they are touching on screen.

->It does this thanks to two contraptions - joint gear-disk braking mechanisms - positioned on the index finger and thumb of the exoskeleton.

->When contact with an object is detected, either by a programme or a pressure sensor, a signal is sent to the device, activating the actuators and the joints to lock the exoskeleton.

->This action prevents the finger from bending further inwards - creating a force on the user's fingertip.

->The device can be used in a number of ways, including to control lighting, play a virtual piano and used as a tool to make music and paint in computer programmes.