Leap Motion CEO and Co-founder Michael Buckwald announced yesterday that the company's advanced hand tracking that I had previewed at their offices last Fall is now in public beta for developers. From ...

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital ...

Swedish robotics specialists are working on a system to allow game developers to deliver realistic, realtime and dynamic interaction animations, so that your VR hands can finally grasp in-game objects ...

Animating human hands has long been considered one of the most challenging problems in computer graphics. That's because it has been impossible to capture the internal movement of the hand in motion - ...

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a technique inspired by the visual effects industry, a team of USC researchers, comprising two computer scientists and a radiologist, has developed the world ...

The HaptX Gloves G1 are transforming the way we approach workforce training by leveraging advanced haptic technology to mimic the dexterity and sensitivity of human hands. These innovative gloves ...

When Keven Walgamott reached out and grasped his wife’s hand, his face broke into an enormous smile. For the first time in 14 years, he could feel her soft fingers, pressing firmly into his prosthetic ...

Whatever our hands do--reaching, grabbing or manipulating objects--it always appears simple. Yet your hands are one of the most complicated, and important, parts of the body. Despite this, little is ...