Haptx gloves let you feel a sense of touch in VR.
Haptx gloves let you feel a sense of touch in VR.
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Haptx raises $23M for full-body VR touch platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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HaptX, the maker of data gloves for virtual reality, has raised $23 million to accelerate the development of its next-generation of haptic technology.

Redmond, Washington-based Haptx brings the sensation of touch to VR, making it more immersive for people so they can feel like they’re transported to another world, said CEO Jake Rubin in an interview with GamesBeat. The quality of “presence” that touch can bring is widely believed to be one of the requirements for feeling like you’re inside a VR-based metaverse.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.