HaptX Raises $12 Million For Next-gen Haptic Gloves

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This new growth financing gives HaptX sufficient resources to press ahead with meeting enterprise demand for its haptic gloves

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➨ The US-based haptic technology provider is moving into new headquarters in the Seattle area as it gears up a second manufacturing run of HaptX Gloves DK2

➨ Announced at the beginning of 2021, HaptX Gloves DK2 are the first gloves with true-contact haptics available for purchase, according to their developer

➨ The series A-1 financing round included participation from existing investors Verizon Ventures, Mason Avenue Investments, Taylor Frigon Capital Partners, and Upheaval Investments

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HaptX has secured $12 million in series A-1 financing following the successful debut of its most advanced haptic feedback gloves.

The US-based haptic technology provider is also moving into new headquarters in the Seattle area as it gears up a second manufacturing run of HaptX Gloves DK2, whose first run sold out in less than six months.

Gloves with true-contact haptics

Announced at the beginning of 2021, HaptX Gloves DK2 are the first gloves with true-contact haptics available for purchase, according to their developer, making them ideal for a range of enterprise use cases, including training, collaboration and design.

HaptX uses proprietary microfluidic technology to replicate the feeling of touching real objects.

Each DK2 glove features more than 130 discrete points of tactile feedback that physically displace the user’s skin up to 2 mm.

Together, they are capable of the strongest force feedback currently available, according to HaptX, with exotendons that apply up to 40 lbs of dynamic force feedback per hand (8 lbs/35 N per finger).

open positions available in mechanical engineering, software development, sales, and operations across its Seattle and San Luis Obispo offices.

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