Key Points
- Haptic gloves enhance VR training by providing realistic touch and interactions, improving immersion and sensory feedback.
- They are beneficial in various training scenarios, including orthopedic surgery, manufacturing processes, and flight simulation.
- The use of haptic gloves decreases transition time between training and practice, leading to improved safety and productivity.
- Orthopedic Surgery Training With Haptic Feedback Gloves
- Haptic Feedback Gloves For Process Training In Manufacturing
- Immersive Flight Simulator Training With Haptic Feedback Gloves
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What Are Haptic Feedback Gloves?
3 Benefits Of Haptic Gloves For Virtual Reality Training
- Increases immersion by adding depth to physical interactions — Haptic gloves eliminate the need for handheld controllers with buttons, allowing learners to complete more realistic interactions with their hands as they would in real life. While handheld controllers require learners to push a button to pick up a box, haptic gloves allow learners to grip the virtual box with their hands as if it were real.
- Increases sensory feedback that reinforces muscle memory — Haptic gloves allow learners to complete realistic interactions with objects, people, and their environment. Learners feel the sensation of flipping a switch, pressing a button, turning a wheel, and so much more, increasing sensory feedback that reinforces muscle memory.
- Decreases the transition time between training and practice, leading to increased safety and productivity — When applicable, added immersion decreases the time between training and practice which in turn improves their safety and productivity levels on the job. Training with haptic gloves is an experience learners are sure to remember and master, improving their ability to apply what they’ve learned quickly to the real world.
3 Examples Of Training Scenarios With Haptic Feedback Gloves
Orthopedic Surgery Training With Haptic Feedback Gloves
In order to make orthopedic surgery training more hands-on, FundamentalVR utilized haptic gloves that allow learners to complete surgical tasks on their Fundamental Surgery platform. Used by both trainees and qualified surgeons, this VR activity integrates the same sounds, tasks, and feelings an orthopedic surgeon would experience during the actual procedure.
In this case, haptic gloves allow learners to handle equipment and carry out detailed surgical tasks without risk to themselves or a real-life patient. By completing this activity, learners can experience a true-to-life scenario that develops key skills needed to successfully perform this high-risk surgery on a real patient.
WATCH THE TRAINING DEMO ON YOUTUBE HERE.
Haptic Feedback Gloves For Process Training In Manufacturing
Traditional manufacturing training typically involves a job shadow or apprenticeship, then hands-on learning that puts skills into practice. Haptic gloves elevate this hands-on element of training by providing learners with a realistic warehouse environment where they can complete intricate tasks in a realistic manner.
With this interactive VR training activity by Sensoryx, a manufacturing employee can practice completing the following processes:
- Practice printing and attaching box labels
- Learn how to package the correct materials into the box in front of them
- Close their box properly and send the package onto its next step
Immersive Flight Simulator Training With Haptic Feedback Gloves
A step up from a traditional flight simulator, this VR activity, created by BeBop sensors and HTX Labs, fully immerses learners in a pilot training scenario. After placing their haptic feedback gloves and VR headset on, learners are seated in the pilot’s position in the plane’s cockpit.
In this virtual cockpit environment, learners complete the following actions:
- Grabbing and steering the yoke of the plane
- Operating the throttle lever to speed up and slow down the flight
- Interact with various knobs, switches, and buttons within the cockpit
This experience gives learners a natural feel of flying an aircraft before stepping foot into the cockpit of a real aircraft. The precision accuracy of the haptic feedback gloves allows for the realistic touch and feel of valuable equipment learners must master before entering a real-life cockpit.
