{"id":83323,"date":"2025-07-22T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83323\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:52:15","slug":"sharp-unveils-prototype-vr-controller-combining-haptic-gloves-standard-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83323\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp Unveils Prototype VR Controller, Combining Haptic Gloves & Standard Buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharp announced it\u2019s releasing a prototype VR haptic controller in Japan, which aims to reproduce the sense of touch in VR while serving a familiar button layout.<\/p>\n

Japan-based Sharp\u00a0says its VR haptic controllers can let users sense texture thanks to \u201cmulti-segmented tactile elements\u201d placed on the device\u2019s fingertips.\u00a0Various vibration patterns on the surface are meant to convey different textures, such as smooth, rough, etc., the company says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the haptics are not at a level that reproduces the real thing, by changing the parameters we have been able to achieve a variety of tactile sensations,\u201d Sharp says on the project\u2019s Japan-facing website<\/a>. \u201cRather than leaving it in-house until the developers are satisfied with it, we plan to work with our users to improve the quality of the content.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image courtesy Sharp<\/p>\n

Sharp says the device, which will arrive in a left and right pair, \u201cdoes not allow for delicate finger tracking like glove types.\u201d It also lacks\u00a0force feedback, or any sort of temperature feedback.<\/p>\n

The prototype is supposed to also function like a standard controller, including\u00a0sticks and buttons, the company says. One thing that isn\u2019t clear though is how the gloves will be tracked, which Sharp says could include mounts for \u201chigh market share\u201d tracking standards.<\/p>\n

Sharp says the device\u00a0is currently undergoing demonstration experiments, so it\u2019s not clear whether it will eventually be commercialized; we haven\u2019t seen anything beyond renders at this time. The company is aiming to put early iterations of the device in the hands of the paying public though, at least in Japan.<\/p>\n

The company recently closed pre-registrations through its Japan-facing website<\/a>, pricing units at \u00a5100,000 (~$680).\u00a0\u201cPlease note that development or release may be canceled,\u201d the company warns.<\/p>\n

Granted, Sharp has more experience in XR than you might think. As the leading OEM supplier of high-end VR displays, at one time Sharp was the top display supplier for Meta Quest\u202f2. In late 2024, Sharp and Japan\u2019s largest telecom NTT Docomo also launched a pair of AR glasses,\u00a0called MiRZA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharp announced it\u2019s releasing a prototype VR haptic controller in Japan, which aims to reproduce the sense of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":83324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-83323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114897220166930704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}