SenseGlove, a Netherlands-based creator of XR haptic gloves, has secured €3.25 million (~$3.5 million) in a collection A funding spherical, one thing the corporate says can be used to speed up its enterprise-focused SenseGlove Nova haptic gloves.
The funding spherical was led by Dutch enterprise capital agency Lumaux, bringing the corporate’s complete outdoors funding to round €5.5 million (~$6 million). Earlier rounds included buyers Ahead.One and Worth Creation Capital.
The corporate says the funding can be used to proceed improvement on its haptic SenseGlove Nova gloves and to develop new merchandise. It’ll even be used to open an workplace within the US.
SenseGlove’s haptic gloves are stated to let customers work together in VR naturally and practice muscle reminiscence by offering the sensation of dimension, stiffness, and impacts of digital objects. The corporate’s know-how has been utilized in a variety of industries, together with manufacturing, healthcare, and coaching.
The corporate’s haptic gloves present a mixture of power and vibrotactile suggestions and wi-fi compact design that primarily appeals to enterprise.
SenseGlove has offered its haptic gloves to companies resembling Airbus, Scania, Honda, Cambridge College, TNO, Fraunhofer, and Siemens. In all, the corporate has labored with over 500 companions, together with Volkswagen, P&G, and the Royal Dutch Military.
Whereas squarely an enterprise-focused XR peripheral, SenseGlove Nova can also be accessible for buy by way of the corporate web site. For small portions, Nova recurrently sells for €5,000 (~$5,400), nevertheless the corporate notes that bigger portions can value much less when contacted straight.
If you wish to know extra about how SenseGlove Nova works, Street to VR content material companions Cas and Chary VR went hands-on with the gloves in 2021.