Development work on the glove is still ongoing, but once fine-tuned and released to the market, it would allow consumers to tell the difference between holding different materials in the metaverse, such as a plastic pen or a rubber ball. A Meta spokesperson told MailOnline that the glove is just a research prototype for now and doesn't have a release date. The 'metaverse' is a set of virtual spaces where you can game, work and communicate with other people who aren't in the same physical space as you.
Facebook explained: 'You'll be able to hang out with friends, work, play, learn, shop, create and more. While Facebook is leading the charge with the metaverse, it explained that it isn't a single product one company can build alone.
Many of these products will only be fully realized in the next years. Facebook the company, not the product rebranded itself Meta in October as part of its new obsession with the metaverse. In the future, the metaverse will be accessible with virtual reality VR and augmented reality AR headsets and smart glasses, and could be used for work, education, gaming and even music events. The glove will likely be one of several physical products that Facebook sells years down the line to allow consumers to enter the metaverse.
Outlining the glove in a blog post , Meta Reality Labs said it create the illusion of being able to feel the wood of a jigsaw puzzle piece, or the plastic of a computer keyboard as you type.
The glove is fitted with haptic technology, meaning it can create an experience of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions.
But vibrations alone are not enough to distinguish between a huge variety of objects that a consumer might come into contact with in the metaverse. Consumers would be wearing the glove in the real world but thanks to a virtual reality headset be seeing the objects in the virtual world.
Soft, pliable actuators could change shape in response to the wearer's movements. The final version would be wireless and may be sold to perfectly fit the hand of each individual buyer. To control the actuators, Reality Labs is building a 'high-speed microfluidic processor' — a tiny microfluidic chip on the glove that controls the air flow going into and out of the actuators.
To know when and where to deliver the right sensations, the glove is also equipped with markers that let cameras track how the fingers moving through space. Meta is still working on the glove and wants to use pressure from the actuators against the skin to reproduce a range of 'complex and nuanced' sensations for the wearer, such as pressure, texture and vibration. This lets wearers tell the difference between what material different virtual objects are made of, such as wood, rubber and gelatin.
Currently, the prototype still relies more on the suggestive power of audio and images than the final product will, according to Reality Labs engineer Katherine Healy. The finished product will need to be wireless — currently it's tethered with a series of wires — and slimmed down so it's not too heavy on the hand. It would also need to be available in multiple different sizes to fit the hands of each buyer and even be able to go through the wash.
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